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Welcome to Naples ...So far, we found very little information about Naples. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Naples to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Naples, please Contact Us. Naples would have been located within present day Highland County<2>. The location of Naples has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Naples, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895. While the community is gone, the present day location for Naples is 2,640 feet [805 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Naples is ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Naples was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Naples once stood is in the (540) area code. Communities Also Named Naples ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Naples - they are located in California (2), Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, South Dakota, Texas and Utah. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Naples. Communities near Naples ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Naples.
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 Naples. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Naples. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Naples. 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 Naples. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Naples. See our Newspapers Page for Naples. Adding Naples to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Naples 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 Naples was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Naples on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Naples. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Highland County: www.highlandcova.org/ The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/ Footnotes ...
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