Welcome to Fir ...So far, we found very little information about Fir. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Fir to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fir, please Contact Us. Fir would have been located within present day Montgomery County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Fir, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905. The community was inundated by Lake Ouachita. While the community is gone, the present day location for Fir is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Fir was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Codes where Fir was located: 870 & 327<4> Communities Also Named Fir ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Fir - they are located in Colorado, Minnesota, Oregon (2) and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fir. Communities near Fir ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fir.
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 Fir. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fir. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fir. 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 Fir. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fir. See our Newspapers Page for Fir. Adding Fir to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Fir 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 Fir was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Fir. Footnotes ...
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