Welcome to Friend ...Friend is located in Finney County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Friend, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887. Friend is 2,910 feet [887 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Friend is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Friend lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Friend: 620 Communities Also Named Friend ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Kansas communities named Friend: This one is located in Finney County and the other is located in Scott County. Beyond Kansas, there are 6 communities that are also named Friend - they are located in Colorado, Nebraska, New York, Oregon and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Friend. Communities near Friend ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Friend.
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 Friend. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Friend. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Friend. 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 Friend. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Friend. See our Newspapers Page for Friend. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Friend ...Looking for more information about Friend? 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 Friend, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Friend. Adding Friend to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Friend 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 Friend was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Friend. Footnotes ...
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