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Welcome to Wax ...Wax is located in Floyd County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Wax, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894. Wax is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Wax lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Wax (for example, toward Cedar Bluff (AL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Telephone area codes for Wax: (706) & (762)<3> Communities Also Named Wax ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Wax - they are located in Iowa and Kentucky. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Wax. Communities near Wax ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Wax.
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 Wax. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Wax. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Wax. 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 Wax. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Wax. See our Newspapers Page for Wax. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wax ...Looking for more information about Wax? 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 Wax, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Wax. Adding Wax to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Wax 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 for Wax was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Wax on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1899. For more details, see References and Mentions for Wax. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Wax. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Floyd County: www.floydcountyga.org/ The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/ Footnotes ...
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