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Welcome to Oyster ...Oyster is located in Northampton County<1>. The location of Oyster has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Oyster, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902. Oyster is near sea level<3>. Time Zone: Oyster lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The telephone area code for Oyster: (757) Communities Also Named Oyster ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Oyster - it's located in Pennsylvania. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oyster. Communities near Oyster ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Oyster.
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 Oyster. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oyster. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Oyster. 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 Oyster. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Oyster. See our Newspapers Page for Oyster. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oyster ...Looking for more information about Oyster? 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 Oyster, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Oyster. Adding Oyster to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Oyster 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 Oyster was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Oyster on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Oyster. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Oyster. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Northampton County: www.co.northampton.va.us/ The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/ Footnotes ...
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