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Welcome to Nebo ...

Nebo is located in La Salle Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nebo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Nebo is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Nebo lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Nebo: 318 & 457<3>

Communities Also Named Nebo ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 27 communities that are also named Nebo - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky (2), Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Nebo ...

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

  • Ball
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Ball is located in Rapides Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ball
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,906 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ball <4>
  • Jena
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jena is located in La Salle Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jena
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,430 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jena <4>
  • Jonesville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Pollock
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Tullos
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Georgetown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Midway
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Midway is located in La Salle Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
  • Trout
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Rhinehart
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Summerville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Summerville is located in La Salle Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Nebo ...

Looking for more information about Nebo? 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 Nebo, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Nebo.

Adding Nebo to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Nebo post office opened in 1893. The Nebo post office closed in 1941.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nebo.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including La Salle, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Nebo - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 318 code has been Overlayed with the 457 area code. New phone numbers in the Nebo area will be assigned with one of these codes: 318 or 457. As a result, placing a call in the Nebo area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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/