Welcome to Manhattan ...Manhattan is located in Putnam County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Manhattan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1830. When the people of Manhattan refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Manhattanite<2> Manhattan is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Manhattan lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Manhattan (for example, toward Vermilion (IL)), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Communities Also Named Manhattan ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Manhattan - they are located in Colorado, Florida (2), Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, Ohio (4), Pennsylvania, Texas and Utah. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Manhattan. Communities near Manhattan ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Manhattan.
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 Manhattan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Manhattan. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Manhattan. 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 Manhattan. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Manhattan. See our Newspapers Page for Manhattan. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Manhattan ...Looking for more information about Manhattan? 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 Manhattan, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Manhattan. Adding Manhattan to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Manhattan 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 Manhattan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Manhattan. Footnotes ...
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