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Welcome to Nail ...

Nail is located in the Arkansas Ozarks.

Nail is located in Newton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nail, you might consider that their post office opened in 1915.

Nail is 2,260 feet [689 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Nail is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Nail: 870 & 327<3>

Communities near Nail ...

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

  • Jasper
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Deer
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Walnut
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Walnut is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walnut
  • Mossville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Mossville is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mossville
  • Murray
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Murray is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murray
  • Parthenon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Boxley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Boxley is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boxley
  • Mount Judea
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Judea is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Judea
  • Ponca
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Vendor
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Vendor is located in Newton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vendor

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Nail ...

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

Adding Nail to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Nail post office opened in 1915. The Nail post office closed in 1986.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nail.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Newton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Nail - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 Nail area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Nail area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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/