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Welcome to Oz ...Oz is located in McCreary County<1>. The location of Oz has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Oz, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907. Oz is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Oz lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Oz (for example, toward Albany), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). The area code for Oz: (606) Communities near Oz ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Oz.
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 Oz. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oz. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Oz. 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 Oz. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Oz. See our Newspapers Page for Oz. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oz ...Looking for more information about Oz? 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 Oz, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Oz. Adding Oz to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Oz 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 Oz was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Oz. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oz. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/ Footnotes ...
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