Welcome to Duke ...Duke is located in Calhoun County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Duke, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883. Duke is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Duke lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Duke (for example, toward Tallapoosa (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area Codes for Duke: 256 & 938<3> Communities Also Named Duke ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Duke - they are located in Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Duke. Websites for Duke ...Chamber of Commerce: www.calhounchamber.com/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Duke, the following might be of interest: Communities near Duke ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Duke.
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 Duke. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Duke. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Duke. 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 Duke. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Duke. See our Newspapers Page for Duke. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Duke ...Looking for more information about Duke? 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 Duke, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Duke. Adding Duke to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Duke 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 (so far) for Duke was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Duke. Footnotes ...
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