Welcome to Joppa ...Joppa is located in Adair County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Joppa, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894. Joppa is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Joppa lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Joppa (for example, toward Science Hill), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area Codes for Joppa: 270 & 364<3> Communities Also Named Joppa ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Joppa - they are located in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina (2), Ohio (2), Tennessee (2), Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Joppa. Communities near Joppa ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Joppa.
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 Joppa. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Joppa. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Joppa. 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 Joppa. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Joppa. See our Newspapers Page for Joppa. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Joppa ...Looking for more information about Joppa? 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 Joppa, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Joppa. Adding Joppa to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Joppa 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 Joppa was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Joppa. Footnotes ...
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