Welcome to Gainesville ...Gainesville is located in Allen County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Gainesville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1847. Gainesville is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Gainesville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Gainesville: 270 & 364<3> Communities Also Named Gainesville ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Gainesville - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, Tennessee, Texas (3) and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gainesville. Communities near Gainesville ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gainesville.
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 Gainesville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gainesville. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gainesville. 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 Gainesville. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gainesville. See our Newspapers Page for Gainesville. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gainesville ...Looking for more information about Gainesville? 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 Gainesville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Gainesville. Adding Gainesville to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Gainesville 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 Gainesville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Gainesville. Footnotes ...
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