Welcome to Plum Bayou ...So far, we found very little information about Plum Bayou. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Plum Bayou to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Plum Bayou, please Contact Us. Plum Bayou would have been located within present day Jefferson County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Plum Bayou, you might consider that their post office opened in 1843. While the community is gone, the present day location for Plum Bayou is 220 feet [67 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Plum Bayou was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities near Plum Bayou ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Plum Bayou.
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 Plum Bayou. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Plum Bayou. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Plum Bayou. 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 Plum Bayou. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Plum Bayou. See our Newspapers Page for Plum Bayou. Adding Plum Bayou to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Plum Bayou 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 Plum Bayou was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Plum Bayou. Footnotes ...
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