Welcome to Lancaster ...So far, we found very little information about Lancaster. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Lancaster to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lancaster, please Contact Us. Lancaster would have been located within present day Marion County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Lancaster, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899. While the community is gone, the present day location for Lancaster is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Lancaster was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Lancaster (for example, toward Phenix City (AL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). The Area Code where Lancaster was located: 229 Communities Also Named Lancaster ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Georgia communities named Lancaster: This one is located in Marion County and the other is located in Wayne County. Beyond Georgia, there are 38 communities that are also named Lancaster - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida (2), Illinois (3), Indiana (3), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri (2), New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lancaster. Communities near Lancaster ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lancaster.
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 Lancaster. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lancaster. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lancaster. 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 Lancaster. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lancaster. See our Newspapers Page for Lancaster. Adding Lancaster to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Lancaster 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 Lancaster was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Lancaster. Footnotes ...
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