Welcome to Lafontaine ...Lafontaine is located in Wilson County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Lafontaine, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894. Lafontaine is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Lafontaine lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Lafontaine: 620 Communities Also Named Lafontaine ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Lafontaine - they are located in Ontario and Quebec. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lafontaine. Communities near Lafontaine ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lafontaine.
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 Lafontaine. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lafontaine. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lafontaine. 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 Lafontaine. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lafontaine. See our Newspapers Page for Lafontaine. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lafontaine ...Looking for more information about Lafontaine? 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 Lafontaine, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lafontaine. Adding Lafontaine to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Lafontaine 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 for Lafontaine was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Lafontaine in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Lafontaine. Footnotes ...
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