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Welcome to Amoskeag ...

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

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

Amoskeag would have been located within present day Dodge County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Amoskeag, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Amoskeag is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Communities Also Named Amoskeag ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Amoskeag - it's located in New Hampshire.

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

Communities near Amoskeag ...

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

  • McRae - Helena
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cochran
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Abbeville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Chester
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Plainfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Plainfield have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
    • Plainfield is located in Dodge County
    • Estimated population in 2019: 716 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Plainfield <4>
  • Milan
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milan have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
    • Milan is located in Telfair County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 649 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milan <4>
  • Dexter
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Cadwell
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Rhine
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rhine have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rhine
    • Rhine is located in Dodge County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 364 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rhine <4>
  • Chauncey
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

Adding Amoskeag to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Amoskeag in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Amoskeag was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Amoskeag post office opened in 1888.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Amoskeag.

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/

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 Amoskeag, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Dodge, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Amoskeag - 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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