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Welcome to Abbottsford ...

Abbottsford is located in Troup County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Abbottsford, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

Several communities named Abbottsford share the same reason for their choice of Abbottsford. We're speculating that it might apply here: Named after the home of Sir Walter Scott - 'Abbotsford House'.

Abbottsford is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: While Abbottsford is in the Eastern Time Zone, the area just to the west is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Abbottsford: 706 & 762<3>

Communities near Abbottsford ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Abbottsford ...

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

Adding Abbottsford to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Abbottsford post office opened in 1907. The Abbottsford post office closed in 1926.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Abbottsford.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Troup, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Abbottsford - 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 706 code has been Overlayed with the 762 area code. New phone numbers in the Abbottsford area will be assigned with one of these codes: 706 or 762. As a result, placing a call in the Abbottsford 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/