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Welcome to Embree ...So far, we found very little information about Embree. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Embree to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Embree, please Contact Us. Embree was located Embree would have been located within present day Dallas County<2>. The location of Embree has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Embree, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887. While the community is gone, the present day location for Embree is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Embree was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Embree - they are located in Missouri, Newfoundland and Labrador and South Carolina. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Embree. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Embree. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Embree. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Embree. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Embree. 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 Embree. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Embree. See our Newspapers Page for Embree. We originally found mention of Embree 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 Embree was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Embree.
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