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Welcome to Pollard ...

So far, we found very little information about Pollard. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Pollard to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Pollard, please Contact Us.

Pollard would have been located within present day Rice County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pollard, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Pollard is 1,730 feet [527 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Pollard was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Pollard was located: 620

Communities Also Named Pollard ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Pollard - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee (2), Virginia and Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pollard.

Communities near Pollard ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pollard.

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 Pollard. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pollard.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pollard. 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 Pollard.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pollard. See our Newspapers Page for Pollard.

Adding Pollard to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pollard 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 Pollard was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Pollard post office opened in 1888. The Pollard post office closed in 1923.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pollard.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pollard, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Rice, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pollard - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/