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Welcome to Ashby ...So far, we found very little information about Ashby. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Ashby to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ashby, please Contact Us. Ashby would have been located within present day Franklin County<2>. The location of Ashby has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Ashby, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. While the community is gone, the present day location for Ashby is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Ashby was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Ashby ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Indiana communities named Ashby: This one is located in Franklin County and the other is located in Pike County. Beyond Indiana, there are 11 communities that are also named Ashby - they are located in Alabama, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nova Scotia, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia (2) and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ashby. Communities near Ashby ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ashby.
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 Ashby. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ashby. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ashby. 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 Ashby. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ashby. See our Newspapers Page for Ashby. Adding Ashby to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Ashby 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 for Ashby was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). We also found Ashby on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1908. For more details, see References and Mentions for Ashby. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Indiana: https://www.in.gov Footnotes ...
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