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Welcome to Competine ...

Competine is located in Wapello County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Competine, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1851.

Competine is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Competine lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Competine: 641

Communities near Competine ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Competine ...

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

Adding Competine to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Competine 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 Competine was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Competine post office opened in 1851.

We also found Competine in the book titled Iowa State Gazetteer (1865).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Competine.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Wapello, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Competine - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/