Welcome to Dumfries ...Dumfries is located in Pottawattamie County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Dumfries, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895. Dumfries is 1,240 feet [378 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Dumfries lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Dumfries: 712 Communities Also Named Dumfries ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Dumfries - they are located in Minnesota, New Brunswick and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dumfries. Communities near Dumfries ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dumfries.
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 Dumfries. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dumfries. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dumfries. 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 Dumfries. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dumfries. See our Newspapers Page for Dumfries. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dumfries ...Looking for more information about Dumfries? 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 Dumfries, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dumfries. Adding Dumfries to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Dumfries 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 Dumfries was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Dumfries. Footnotes ...
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