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Welcome to Helen ...

Helen is located in Leon County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Helen, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1910.

Helen is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Helen: 850 & 448<3>

Communities Also Named Helen ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Helen - they are located in Georgia, Kansas (2), Maryland, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Helen ...

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

  • Tallahassee
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Midway
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Sopchoppy
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Saint Marks
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Crawfordville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Wakulla Springs
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Panacea
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Bradfordville
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradfordville
    • Bradfordville is located in Leon County
  • Capitola
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capitola
    • Capitola is located in Leon County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Helen ...

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

Adding Helen to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Helen 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 Helen was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Helen post office opened in 1910.

We also found Helen in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southeast.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Helen.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Leon, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Helen - 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 Helen area will be assigned with one of these codes: 850 or 448. As a result, placing a call in the Helen 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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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