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Welcome to Alvira ...So far, we found very little information about Alvira. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Alvira to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Alvira, please Contact Us. Alvira would have been located within present day Union County<2>. We aren't confident of the location of Alvira, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Alvira, you might consider that their post office opened in 1863. While the community is gone, the present day location for Alvira is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Alvira was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time If Alvira still existed, it would have been in the (570) area code. The community of Alvira was previously named Wisetown. Communities near Alvira ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Alvira.
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 Alvira. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Alvira. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Alvira. 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 Alvira. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Alvira. See our Newspapers Page for Alvira. Adding Alvira to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Alvira 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 Alvira was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Alvira in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Alvira. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Union County: www.unionco.org/ The official website for State of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/ Footnotes ...
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