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Welcome to Birta ...

Birta is located in Yell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Birta, you might consider that their post office opened in 1804.

Birta is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Birta lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Birta: 479

Communities near Birta ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Birta.

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 Birta. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Birta.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Birta. 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 Birta.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Birta. See our Newspapers Page for Birta.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Birta ...

Looking for more information about Birta? 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 Birta, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Birta.

Adding Birta to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Birta 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 Birta was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Birta post office opened in 1804. The Birta post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Birta.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Yell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Birta - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/