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Welcome to Dillon ...So far, we found very little information about Dillon. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Dillon to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dillon, please Contact Us. Dillon would have been located within present day Walker County<2>. The location of Dillon has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Dillon, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1883. While the community is gone, the present day location for Dillon is 2,000 feet [610 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Dillon was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Dillon (for example, toward Stevenson (AL)), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Dillon would have been located in the (706) and (762)<5> area codes. Websites for Dillon ...Chamber of Commerce: www.walkercochamber.com/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Dillon, the following might be of interest: Communities Also Named Dillon ...While we believe that this Dillon is located in Walker County, we know of another 2 Georgia communities named Dillon. Those communities are located in the following counties: Dade and Thomas County. Beyond Georgia, there are 23 communities that are also named Dillon - they are located in California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi (2), Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Ontario, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dillon. Communities near Dillon ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dillon.
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 Dillon. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dillon. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dillon. 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 Dillon. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dillon. See our Newspapers Page for Dillon. Adding Dillon to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Dillon 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 Dillon was on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1883. For more details, see References and Mentions for Dillon. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Walker County: www.co.walker.ga.us/ The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/ Footnotes ...
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