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Welcome to Thurston ...Thurston is located in Geneva County<1>. The location of Thurston has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Thurston, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837. Thurston is 230 feet [70 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Thurston lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Thurston (for example, toward Cedar Springs (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Thurston is located in the (334) area code. Communities Also Named Thurston ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Thurston - they are located in Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Nebraska (2), New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Thurston. Communities near Thurston ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Thurston.
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 Thurston. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Thurston. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Thurston. 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 Thurston. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Thurston. See our Newspapers Page for Thurston. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Thurston ...Looking for more information about Thurston? 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 Thurston, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Thurston. Adding Thurston to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Thurston 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 for Thurston was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Thurston in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Thurston. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Thurston. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/ Footnotes ...
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