Welcome to Galena ...Galena is located in Blaine County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Galena, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880. When the people of Galena refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Galenian<2> Galena is 7,330 feet [2,234 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Galena is about 1½ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Galena lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Galena: 208 & 986<4> Communities Also Named Galena ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 25 communities that are also named Galena - they are located in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, Colorado (2), Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada (3), New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia (2) and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Galena. Communities near Galena ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Galena.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Galena. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Galena. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Galena. 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 Galena. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Galena. See our Newspapers Page for Galena. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Galena ...Looking for more information about Galena? 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 Galena, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Galena. Adding Galena to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Galena 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 Galena was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Galena. Footnotes ...
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