Welcome to Compass Lake ...Compass Lake is located in Jackson County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Compass Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904. A typical abbreviation for Compass Lake: Compass Lk. Compass Lake is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Compass Lake lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Compass Lake (for example, toward Chattahoochee), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area Codes for Compass Lake: 850 & 448<3> Communities near Compass Lake ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Compass Lake.
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 Compass Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Compass Lake. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Compass Lake. 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 Compass Lake. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Compass Lake. See our Newspapers Page for Compass Lake. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Compass Lake ...Looking for more information about Compass Lake? 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 Compass Lake, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Compass Lake. Adding Compass Lake to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Compass Lake 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 Compass Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Compass Lake on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Florida (1956). For more details, see References and Mentions for Compass Lake. Footnotes ...
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