Welcome to Opal ...Opal is located in Polk County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Opal, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909. Opal is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Opal lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Opal ...While we believe that this Opal is located in Polk County, we know of another 2 Arkansas communities named Opal. Those communities are located in the following counties: Lonoke and White County. Beyond Arkansas, there are 13 communities that are also named Opal - they are located in Alabama, Alberta, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, South Dakota, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Opal. Communities near Opal ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Opal.
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 Opal. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Opal. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Opal. 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 Opal. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Opal. See our Newspapers Page for Opal. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Opal ...Looking for more information about Opal? 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 Opal, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Opal. Adding Opal to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Opal 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 Opal was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Opal. Footnotes ...
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