Welcome to Bird ...So far, we found very little information about Bird. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Bird to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bird, please Contact Us. Bird would have been located within present day Blount County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Bird, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890. While the community is gone, the present day location for Bird is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Bird was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Bird (for example, toward Etna (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). The Area Codes where Bird was located: 205 & 659<4> Communities Also Named Bird ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Bird - they are located in Alaska, Louisiana, Manitoba, Michigan, New York, Tennessee and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bird. Communities near Bird ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bird.
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 Bird. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bird. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bird. 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 Bird. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bird. See our Newspapers Page for Bird. Adding Bird to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Bird 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 (so far) for Bird was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Bird. Footnotes ...
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