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Welcome to Condor ...

Condor is located in Laurens County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Condor, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

Condor is 220 feet [67 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Condor: 478

Communities Also Named Condor ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Condor - it's located in Alberta.

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

Communities near Condor ...

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

  • Tuckers Crossroad
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Tuckers Crossroad is located in Laurens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Crossroad
  • Dublin
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Rockledge
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Wrightsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Soperton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Midway
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Midway is located in Laurens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Estimated population in 2019: 2,061 people
  • Adrian
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Dexter
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Dudley
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Cadwell
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Condor ...

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

Adding Condor to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Condor 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 Condor was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Condor post office opened in 1878. The Condor post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Condor.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Laurens, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Condor - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/