Welcome to Kent ...Kent is located in Elmore County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Kent, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891. Kent is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Kent lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Kent (for example, toward Mountain Hill (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area Codes for Kent: 334 & 483<3> The ZIP code for Kent: 36045<4> Communities Also Named Kent ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Alabama communities named Kent: This one is located in Elmore County and the other is located in Pike County. Beyond Alabama, there are 47 communities that are also named Kent - they are located in Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota (2), Missouri (3), Nebraska (2), Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (2), Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (3), Virginia (2), Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Kent. Communities near Kent ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Kent.
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 Kent. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Kent. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Kent. 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 Kent. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Kent. See our Newspapers Page for Kent. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Kent ...Looking for more information about Kent? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Kent, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Kent. Adding Kent to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Kent 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 Kent was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Kent. Footnotes ...
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