Welcome to Pictou ...Pictou is located in Huerfano County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Pictou, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889. Pictou is 6,270 feet [1,911 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Pictou is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level. Time Zone: Pictou lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Pictou: 719 Communities Also Named Pictou ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Pictou - it's located in Nova Scotia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pictou. Communities near Pictou ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pictou.
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 Pictou. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pictou. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pictou. 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 Pictou. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pictou. See our Newspapers Page for Pictou. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pictou ...Looking for more information about Pictou? 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 Pictou, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pictou. Adding Pictou to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Pictou 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 Pictou was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Pictou. Footnotes ...
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