Welcome to Italia ...
Italia is located in Nassau County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Italia, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.
Italia is near sea level<2>.
Time Zone: Italia lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Italia: 904 & 324<3>
Communities near Italia ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Italia.
- Jacksonville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Saint Marys
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kingsland
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Fernandina Beach
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Hilliard
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Callahan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Greenville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Greenville is located in Camden County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
- Estimated population in 2019: 845 people
- Scotchville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Scotchville is located in Camden County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotchville
- Estimated population in 2019: 337 people
- London Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- London Hill is located in Camden County (GA)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London Hill
- Estimated population in 2019: 91 people
- Evergreen
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Evergreen is located in Nassau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
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 Italia. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Italia.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Italia. 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 Italia.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Italia. See our Newspapers Page for Italia.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Italia ...
Looking for more information about Italia? 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 Italia, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Italia.
Adding Italia to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Italia 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 Italia was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Italia post office opened in 1882. The Italia post office closed in 1887.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Italia.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Nassau, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Italia - 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 904 code has been Overlayed with the 324 area code. New phone numbers in the Italia area will be assigned with one of these codes: 904 or 324. As a result, placing a call in the Italia 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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |