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Welcome to Vilas ...Although we found mention of Vilas during our research, we have little information about it.<1> We believe that Vilas had a post office at one time. We have done a cursory search and haven't been able to find any evidence that the community still exists.. We've added Vilas to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Vilas, please Contact Us. The location of Vilas has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Vilas, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. Vilas is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where we believe that Vilas might be (or was) located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time We believe that Vilas would be found within the (620) area code. Communities Also Named Vilas ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Vilas - they are located in Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Vilas. Communities near Vilas ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Vilas.
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 Vilas. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Vilas. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Vilas. 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 Vilas. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Vilas. See our Newspapers Page for Vilas. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vilas ...Looking for more information about Vilas? 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 Vilas, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Vilas. Adding Vilas to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Vilas 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 Vilas was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). We also found Vilas on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Kansas (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Vilas. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/ Footnotes ...
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