Welcome to Galatea ...Galatea is located in Kiowa County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Galatea, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887. Galatea is 4,380 feet [1,335 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Galatea is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Galatea lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you leave Galatea and travel east, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Area Code for Galatea: 719 Communities Also Named Galatea ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Galatea - it's located in Ohio. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Galatea. Communities near Galatea ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Galatea.
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 Galatea. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Galatea. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Galatea. 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 Galatea. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Galatea. See our Newspapers Page for Galatea. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Galatea ...Looking for more information about Galatea? 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 Galatea, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Galatea. Adding Galatea to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Galatea 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 Galatea was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Galatea. Footnotes ...
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