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Welcome to Greer ...So far, we found very little information about Greer. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Greer to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Greer, please Contact Us. Greer would have been located within present day Etowah County<2>. The location of Greer has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Greer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901. While the community is gone, the present day location for Greer is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Greer was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Greer (for example, toward Etna (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Communities Also Named Greer ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Alabama communities named Greer: This one is located in Etowah County and the other is located in Elmore County. Beyond Alabama, there are 14 communities that are also named Greer - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Illinois, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and West Virginia (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Greer. Communities near Greer ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Greer.
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 Greer. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Greer. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Greer. 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 Greer. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Greer. See our Newspapers Page for Greer. Adding Greer to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Greer 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 Greer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Greer. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Etowah County: www.etowahcounty.org/ The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/ Footnotes ...
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