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Welcome to Viola ...

Although we found mention of Viola during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Viola was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

We've added Viola to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Viola, please Contact Us.

Viola is 6,230 feet [1,899 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Viola is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Viola might be (or was) located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Viola: 719

Communities Also Named Viola ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 31 communities that are also named Viola - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia (2), Wisconsin and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Viola.

Communities near Viola ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Viola.

  • Trinidad
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Raton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Raton is located in Colfax County (NM)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,923 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Raton <3>
  • Aguilar
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Starkville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Valdez
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Valdez is located in Las Animas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdez
  • Engleville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Engleville is located in Las Animas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Engleville
  • Segundo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Boncarbo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Morley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Morley is located in Las Animas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morley
  • El Moro
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • El Moro is located in Las Animas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Moro

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 Viola. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Viola.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Viola. 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 Viola.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Viola. See our Newspapers Page for Viola.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Viola ...

Looking for more information about Viola? 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 Viola, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Viola.

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Viola and then turned east". While Viola could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Viola as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Viola could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Viola - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.