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Welcome to Greenway ...So far, we found very little information about Greenway. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Greenway to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Greenway, please Contact Us. Greenway would have been located within present day Polk County<2>. The location of Greenway has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Greenway, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887. While the community is gone, the present day location for Greenway is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Greenway was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: While Greenway is in the Eastern Time Zone, the area just to the west is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Greenway would have been located in the (770) area code. Communities Also Named Greenway ...While we believe that this Greenway is located in Polk County, we know of another 3 Georgia communities named Greenway. Those communities are located in the following counties: Emanuel, Fulton and Hall County. Beyond Georgia, there are 16 communities that are also named Greenway - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas, Manitoba (2), New York, Ontario, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia (4). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Greenway. Communities near Greenway ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Greenway.
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 Greenway. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Greenway. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Greenway. 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 Greenway. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Greenway. See our Newspapers Page for Greenway. Adding Greenway to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Greenway 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 Greenway was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Greenway in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Greenway. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Polk County: www.polkcountygeorgia.us/ The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/ Footnotes ...
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