Welcome to Helvetia ...So far, we found very little information about Helvetia. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Helvetia to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Helvetia, please Contact Us. Helvetia would have been located within present day Pima County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Helvetia, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899. While the community is gone, the present day location for Helvetia is 4,320 feet [1,317 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Helvetia is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Helvetia was located is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time The Area Code where Helvetia was located: 520 Communities Also Named Helvetia ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Helvetia - they are located in Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Oregon, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Helvetia. Communities near Helvetia ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Helvetia.
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 Helvetia. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Helvetia. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Helvetia. 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 Helvetia. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Helvetia. See our Newspapers Page for Helvetia. Adding Helvetia to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Helvetia 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 Helvetia was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Helvetia. Footnotes ...
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