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Welcome to Padlock ...

Padlock is located in Suwannee County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Padlock, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1876.

Padlock is 110 feet [34 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Padlock: 386

Communities near Padlock ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Padlock ...

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

Adding Padlock to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Padlock post office opened in 1876.

We also found Padlock in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Padlock.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Padlock. 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 Suwannee, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Padlock - 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.
<4>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.
<5>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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