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Welcome to Tappan ...So far, we found very little information about Tappan. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Tappan to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Tappan, please Contact Us. Tappan would have been located within present day Blount County<2>. The location of Tappan has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Tappan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891. While the community is gone, the present day location for Tappan is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Tappan was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Tappan would have been located in the (205) and (269)<5> area codes. Communities Also Named Tappan ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Tappan - they are located in Michigan, New York, Ohio and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Tappan. Communities near Tappan ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Tappan.
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 Tappan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Tappan. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Tappan. 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 Tappan. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Tappan. See our Newspapers Page for Tappan. Adding Tappan to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Tappan in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Tappan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Tappan in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Tappan. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Blount County: www.co.blount.al.us/ The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/ Footnotes ...
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