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Welcome to Sears ...

So far, we found very little information about Sears. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Sears to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sears, please Contact Us.

Sears would have been located within present day Hendry County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sears, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1926.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Sears is near sea level<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Sears was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Sears was located: 863

Communities Also Named Sears ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Sears - they are located in Kansas, Michigan, Montana and Nebraska.

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

Communities near Sears ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Sears to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Sears post office opened in 1926.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sears.

The official website for Hendry County: www.hendryfla.net/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sears, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Hendry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sears - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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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