Welcome to Ascalon ...Ascalon is located in Walker County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Ascalon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881. Ascalon is 1,930 feet [588 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Ascalon lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Ascalon (for example, toward Stevenson (AL)), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Area Codes for Ascalon: 706 & 762<3> Communities Also Named Ascalon ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Ascalon - they are located in Colorado, Missouri, Nevada and Ontario. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ascalon. Websites for Ascalon ...Chamber of Commerce: www.walkercochamber.com/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Ascalon, the following might be of interest: Communities near Ascalon ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ascalon.
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 Ascalon. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ascalon. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ascalon. 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 Ascalon. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ascalon. See our Newspapers Page for Ascalon. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ascalon ...Looking for more information about Ascalon? 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 Ascalon, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ascalon. Adding Ascalon to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Ascalon 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 (so far) for Ascalon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Ascalon. Footnotes ...
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