Welcome to Icarid (aka 'Icarian Colony') ...So far, we found very little information about Icarid. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Icarid to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Icarid, please Contact Us. Icarid would have been located within present day Adams County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Icarid, you might consider that their post office opened in 1855. While the community is gone, the present day location for Icarid is 1,250 feet [381 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Icarid was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The community of Icarid has also been called Icarian Colony. Communities near Icarid ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Icarid.
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 Icarid. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Icarid. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Icarid. 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 Icarid. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Icarid. See our Newspapers Page for Icarid. Adding Icarid to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Icarid in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Icarid was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Icarid. Footnotes ...
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