Welcome to Alvin ...Alvin is located in Yuma County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Alvin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910. Alvin is 3,590 feet [1,094 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Alvin is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level. Time Zone: Alvin lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Alvin (for example, toward Hamlet (NE)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Area Codes for Alvin: 970 & 748<3> Communities Also Named Alvin ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Alvin - they are located in British Columbia, Georgia (2), Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, South Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Alvin. Communities near Alvin ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Alvin.
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 Alvin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Alvin. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Alvin. 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 Alvin. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Alvin. See our Newspapers Page for Alvin. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alvin ...Looking for more information about Alvin? 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 Alvin, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Alvin. Adding Alvin to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Alvin 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 Alvin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Alvin. Footnotes ...
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