Welcome to Essex ...So far, we found very little information about Essex. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Essex to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Essex, please Contact Us. Essex would have been located within present day White County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Essex, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893. While the community is gone, the present day location for Essex is 250 feet [76 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Essex was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Essex was located: 501 Communities Also Named Essex ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 32 communities that are also named Essex - they are located in California (3), Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois (3), Iowa, Kansas (2), Maryland, Massachusetts (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Ohio (3), Ontario, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Essex. Communities near Essex ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Essex.
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 Essex. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Essex. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Essex. 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 Essex. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Essex. See our Newspapers Page for Essex. Adding Essex to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Essex 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 Essex was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Essex. Footnotes ...
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