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Welcome to Almond ...So far, we found very little information about Almond. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Almond to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Almond, please Contact Us. Almond would have been located within present day Rockingham County<2>. The location of Almond has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Almond, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882. While the community is gone, the present day location for Almond is 1,010 feet [308 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Almond was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Almond would have been located in the (540) area code. Communities Also Named Almond ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Almond - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, New York, North Carolina, Wisconsin and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Almond. Communities near Almond ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Almond.
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 Almond. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Almond. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Almond. 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 Almond. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Almond. See our Newspapers Page for Almond. Adding Almond to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Almond 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 Almond was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Almond in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Almond. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Rockingham County: www.co.rockingham.va.us/ The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/ Footnotes ...
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