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Welcome to Electric ...

So far, we found very little information about Electric. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Electric to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Electric, please Contact Us.


Electric would have been located within present day Saline County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Electric, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Electric is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Electric was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Electric was located: 501

Communities Also Named Electric ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Electric - they are located in California, Montana and Ontario.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Electric.

Communities near Electric ...

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

  • Hot Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Perryville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Mountain Pine
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Fountain Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Fountain Lake is located in Garland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Lake
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 576 people
  • Lonsdale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Magnet Cove
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Magnet Cove is located in Hot Spring County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magnet Cove
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5 people
  • Hot Springs Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jessieville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Paron
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Paron is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paron
  • Blue Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Blue Springs is located in Garland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs

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

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

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

Adding Electric to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Electric 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 Electric was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Electric post office opened in 1900. The Electric post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Electric.

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 Electric, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Saline, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Electric - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/