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Welcome to Grimes ...So far, we found very little information about Grimes. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Grimes to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Grimes, please Contact Us. Grimes would have been located within present day Adams County<2>. The location of Grimes has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Grimes, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886. While the community is gone, the present day location for Grimes is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Grimes was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel south from Grimes, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). The location where Grimes once stood is in the (937) area code. Communities Also Named Grimes ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Grimes - they are located in Alabama (2), California, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas (2) and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Grimes. Communities near Grimes ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Grimes.
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 Grimes. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Grimes. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Grimes. 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 Grimes. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Grimes. See our Newspapers Page for Grimes. Adding Grimes to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Grimes in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Grimes was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Grimes in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Grimes. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/ Footnotes ...
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