Welcome to Florenceville ...
Florenceville is located in Howard County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Florenceville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.
Florenceville is 1,130 feet [344 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Florenceville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities Also Named Florenceville ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Florenceville - it's located in New Brunswick.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Florenceville.
Communities near Florenceville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Florenceville.
- Cresco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Spring Valley
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Valley
- Spring Valley is located in Fillmore County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,424 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring Valley <3>
- Preston
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Harmony
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Le Roy
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mabel
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lanesboro
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Lime Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Wykoff
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wykoff have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wykoff
- Wykoff is located in Fillmore County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wykoff <3>
- Fountain
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fountain have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain
- Fountain is located in Fillmore County (MN)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fountain <3>
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 Florenceville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Florenceville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Florenceville. 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 Florenceville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Florenceville. See our Newspapers Page for Florenceville.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Florenceville ...
Looking for more information about Florenceville? 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 Florenceville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Florenceville.
Adding Florenceville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Florenceville 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 Florenceville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Florenceville post office opened in 1871.
We also found Florenceville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Florenceville.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Howard, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Florenceville - 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |