Welcome to Drab ...
So far, we found very little information about Drab. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Drab to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Drab, please Contact Us.
Drab would have been located within present day Hempstead County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Drab, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Drab is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Drab was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Drab was located: 870 & 327<4>
Communities Also Named Drab ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Drab - it's located in Pennsylvania.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Drab.
Communities near Drab ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Drab.
- Hope
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Nashville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Prescott
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Murfreesboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Emmet
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Emmet is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Blevins
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blevins is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blevins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- Delight
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Perrytown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Perrytown is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perrytown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
- Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Okolona
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
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 Drab. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Drab.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Drab. 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 Drab.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Drab. See our Newspapers Page for Drab.
Adding Drab to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Drab 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 (so far) for Drab was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Drab post office opened in 1900. The Drab post office closed in 1927.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Drab.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Drab, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Hempstead, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Drab - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Drab area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Drab area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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/ |