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Welcome to Nathan ...

Nathan is located in Pike County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nathan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

Nathan is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Nathan: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Nathan ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Nathan - they are located in Alabama, Kansas, Michigan, Montana and Texas.

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

Communities near Nathan ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Nathan ...

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

Adding Nathan to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Nathan post office opened in 1885. The Nathan post office closed in 1932.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nathan.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Pike, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Nathan - 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 Nathan area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Nathan 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/