Welcome to Garfield ...So far, we found very little information about Garfield. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Garfield to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Garfield, please Contact Us. Garfield would have been located within present day Chaffee County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Garfield, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880. While the community is gone, the present day location for Garfield is 9,540 feet [2,908 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Garfield is about 1¾ mile [or ~3 km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Garfield was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Garfield was located: 719 Communities Also Named Garfield ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 48 communities that are also named Garfield - they are located in Arkansas, California (2), Florida, Georgia, Idaho (2), Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (2), Ontario (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (3), Prince Edward Island, Tennessee, Texas (3), Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Garfield. Communities near Garfield ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Garfield.
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 Garfield. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Garfield. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Garfield. 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 Garfield. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Garfield. See our Newspapers Page for Garfield. Adding Garfield to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Garfield 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 Garfield was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Garfield. Footnotes ...
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