Welcome to Cameo ...So far, we found very little information about Cameo. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Cameo to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cameo, please Contact Us. Cameo would have been located within present day Meriwether County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Cameo, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1915. While the community is gone, the present day location for Cameo is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Cameo was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Cameo (for example, toward Valley (AL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Communities Also Named Cameo ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Cameo - they are located in California, Colorado, New Mexico and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cameo. Communities near Cameo ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cameo.
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 Cameo. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cameo. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cameo. 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 Cameo. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cameo. See our Newspapers Page for Cameo. Adding Cameo to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Cameo 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 Cameo was on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1915. For more details, see References and Mentions for Cameo. Footnotes ...
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