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Welcome to Moss ...So far, we found very little information about Moss. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Moss to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Moss, please Contact Us. Moss would have been located within present day Marengo County<2>. The location of Moss has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Moss, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881. While the community is gone, the present day location for Moss is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Moss was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time If Moss still existed, it would have been in the (334) area code. Communities Also Named Moss ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Moss - they are located in California (2), Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Moss. Communities near Moss ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Moss.
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 Moss. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Moss. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Moss. 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 Moss. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Moss. See our Newspapers Page for Moss. Adding Moss to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Moss 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 Moss was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Moss in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Moss. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/ Footnotes ...
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