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Welcome to Barron ...So far, we found very little information about Barron. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Barron to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Barron, please Contact Us. Barron would have been located within present day Jackson County<2>. The location of Barron has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Barron, 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. While the community is gone, the present day location for Barron is 2,310 feet [704 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Barron is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Barron was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Barron once stood is in the (541) and (458)<5> area codes. Websites for Barron ...Junior League: www.jlojc.com/ Communities Also Named Barron ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Barron - they are located in Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Washington and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Barron. Communities near Barron ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Barron.
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 Barron. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Barron. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Barron. 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 Barron. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Barron. See our Newspapers Page for Barron. Adding Barron to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Barron 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 Barron was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Barron. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.or.us/ The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/ Footnotes ...
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