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Welcome to Providence ...So far, we found very little information about Providence. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Providence to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Providence, please Contact Us. Providence would have been located within present day Mecklenburg County<2>. The location of Providence has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Providence, you might consider that their post office opened in 1808. When the people of Providence referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Providentian<4> While the community is gone, the present day location for Providence is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: The area where Providence was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Providence once stood is in the (704) and (980)<6> area codes. Communities Also Named Providence ...While we believe that this Providence is located in Mecklenburg County, we know of another 5 North Carolina communities named Providence. Those communities are located in the following counties: Caswell, Chatham, Granville, McDowell and Rockingham County. Beyond North Carolina, there are 76 communities that are also named Providence - they are located in Alabama (8), Arizona, Arkansas (2), California (2), Florida (3), Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky (7), Louisiana, Maryland (4), Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi (3), Missouri (2), Ohio (4), Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), Rhode Island, South Carolina (4), Tennessee (7), Texas (5), Utah, Virginia (3), Washington and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Providence. Communities near Providence ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Providence.
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 Providence. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Providence. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Providence. 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 Providence. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Providence. See our Newspapers Page for Providence. Adding Providence to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Providence 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 Providence was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Providence in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Providence. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Mecklenburg County: www.charmeck.org The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/ Footnotes ...
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