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Welcome to Monterey ...So far, we found very little information about Monterey. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Monterey to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Monterey, please Contact Us. Monterey would have been located within present day Abbeville County<2>. The location of Monterey has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Monterey, you might consider that their post office opened in 1847. When the people of Monterey referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Montereyan<4> While the community is gone, the present day location for Monterey is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: The area where Monterey was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time If Monterey still existed, it would have been in the (864) area code. Communities Also Named Monterey ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 35 communities that are also named Monterey - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Louisiana (2), Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Ohio (3), Pennsylvania (5), Tennessee, Texas (3), Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Monterey. Communities near Monterey ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Monterey.
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 Monterey. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Monterey. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Monterey. 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 Monterey. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Monterey. See our Newspapers Page for Monterey. Adding Monterey to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Monterey 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 Monterey was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Monterey in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851). For more details, see References and Mentions for Monterey. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Abbeville County: www.abbevillecountygovernment.org/ The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/ Footnotes ...
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