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Welcome to Echeconnee ...

Echeconnee is primarily located in Peach County<1>. A portion of Echeconnee extends into Houston County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Echeconnee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Echeconnee is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Echeconnee: 478

Communities near Echeconnee ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Echeconnee ...

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

Adding Echeconnee to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Echeconnee post office opened in 1880. The Echeconnee post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Echeconnee.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Peach, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Echeconnee - 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/