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Welcome to Pettit ...Pettit is located in Daviess County<1>. The location of Pettit has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Pettit, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889. Pettit is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Pettit lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you leave Pettit and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). The area code for Pettit: (270) Communities Also Named Pettit ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Pettit - they are located in Indiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas (2) and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pettit. Communities near Pettit ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pettit.
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 Pettit. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pettit. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pettit. 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 Pettit. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pettit. See our Newspapers Page for Pettit. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pettit ...Looking for more information about Pettit? 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 Pettit, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pettit. Adding Pettit to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Pettit 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 Pettit was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Pettit in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Pettit. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Pettit. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Daviess County: www.daviessky.org/ The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/ Footnotes ...
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