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Welcome to Purves ...Purves is located Purves is located in Erath County<1>. The location of Purves has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Purves, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897. Purves is 1,420 feet [433 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Purves lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The telephone area code for Purves: (254) Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Purves - it's located in Manitoba. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Purves. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Purves. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Purves. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Purves. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Purves. 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 Purves. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Purves. See our Newspapers Page for Purves. Looking for more information about Purves? 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 Purves, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Purves. We originally found mention of Purves in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Purves was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Purves.
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