Welcome to Persimmon ...Persimmon is located in Rabun County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Persimmon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879. Persimmon is 1,990 feet [607 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Persimmon lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Persimmon: 706 & 762<3> Communities Also Named Persimmon ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Persimmon - it's located in Kentucky. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Persimmon. Communities near Persimmon ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Persimmon.
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 Persimmon. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Persimmon. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Persimmon. 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 Persimmon. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Persimmon. See our Newspapers Page for Persimmon. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Persimmon ...Looking for more information about Persimmon? 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 Persimmon, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Persimmon. Adding Persimmon to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Persimmon 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 Persimmon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Persimmon. Footnotes ...
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