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Welcome to Nicholson ...So far, we found very little information about Nicholson. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Nicholson to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Nicholson, please Contact Us. Nicholson would have been located within present day DeKalb County<2>. The location of Nicholson has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Nicholson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895. While the community is gone, the present day location for Nicholson is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Nicholson was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Nicholson (for example, toward Lyerly (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Nicholson would have been located in the (256) & (938)<5> area codes. Communities Also Named Nicholson ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Nicholson - they are located in British Columbia, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi (2), Montana, North Dakota, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Nicholson. Communities near Nicholson ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Nicholson.
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 Nicholson. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Nicholson. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Nicholson. 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 Nicholson. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Nicholson. See our Newspapers Page for Nicholson. Adding Nicholson to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Nicholson 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 Nicholson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Nicholson on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Nicholson. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for DeKalb County: www.dekalbcountyal.us/ The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/ Footnotes ...
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