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Welcome to Burr ...Burr is located in Rockcastle County<1>. The location of Burr has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Burr, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905. Burr is 1,130 feet [344 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Burr lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you leave Burr and travel west, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). The telephone area code for Burr: (606) Communities Also Named Burr ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Burr - they are located in California, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Texas, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Burr. Communities near Burr ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Burr.
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 Burr. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Burr. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Burr. 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 Burr. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Burr. See our Newspapers Page for Burr. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Burr ...Looking for more information about Burr? 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 Burr, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Burr. Adding Burr to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Burr 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 Burr was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Burr on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Kentucky (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Burr. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Burr. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/ Footnotes ...
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