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Welcome to Truro Station ...So far, we found very little information about Truro Station. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Truro Station to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Truro Station, please Contact Us. Truro Station would have been located within present day Barnstable County<2>. The location of Truro Station has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Truro Station, 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. A typical abbreviation for Truro Station: Truro Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.) While the community is gone, the present day location for Truro Station is near sea level<4>. Time Zone: The area where Truro Station was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time If Truro Station still existed, it would have been in the (508) & (774)<5> area codes. Communities near Truro Station ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Truro Station.
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 Truro Station. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Truro Station. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Truro Station. 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 Truro Station. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Truro Station. See our Newspapers Page for Truro Station. Adding Truro Station to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Truro Station 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 Truro Station was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Truro Station. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Barnstable County: www.barnstablecounty.org/ The official website for State of Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/ Footnotes ...
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