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Welcome to Draco ...Draco is located Draco is located in Wise County<1>. The location of Draco has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Draco, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883. Draco is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Draco lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The area code for Draco: (940) Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Draco - they are located in North Carolina and Pennsylvania. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Draco. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Draco. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Draco. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Draco. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Draco. 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 Draco. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Draco. See our Newspapers Page for Draco. Looking for more information about Draco? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Draco, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Draco. We originally found mention of Draco 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 Draco was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Draco.
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