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Welcome to Arran ...

Arran is located in Wakulla County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Arran, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1894.

Arran is 30 feet [9 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Arran lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Arran (for example, toward Wewahitchka), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Arran: 850 & 448<3>

Communities Also Named Arran ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Arran - it's located in Saskatchewan.

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

Communities near Arran ...

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

  • Tallahassee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Sopchoppy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Marks
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Wakulla Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Panacea
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Woodville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Curtis Mill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Curtis Mill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Curtis Mill
    • Curtis Mill is located in Wakulla County
  • Saint Teresa
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Midway
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
  • Lanark Village
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Arran ...

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

Adding Arran to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Arran 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 for Arran was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Arran post office opened in 1894.

We also found Arran on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Florida (1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Arran.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Arran. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Florida: https://www.myflorida.com/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Wakulla, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Arran - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 850 code has been Overlayed with the 448 area code. New phone numbers in the Arran area will be assigned with one of these codes: 850 or 448. As a result, placing a call in the Arran area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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