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Welcome to Straven ...Straven is located in Shelby County<1>. The location of Straven has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Straven, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903. Straven is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Straven lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area codes for Straven: (205) and (659)<4> Communities near Straven ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Straven.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Straven. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Straven. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Straven. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Straven. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Straven. See our Newspapers Page for Straven. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Straven ...Looking for more information about Straven? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Straven, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Straven. Adding Straven to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Straven in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Straven was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Straven on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Straven. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Straven. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Shelby County: www.shelbycountyalabama.com/ The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/ Footnotes ...
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