Welcome to North Dana ...So far, we found very little information about North Dana. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added North Dana to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with North Dana, please Contact Us. North Dana would have been located within present day Worcester County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of North Dana, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854. The community was inundated by the Quabbin Reservoir. A typical abbreviation for North Dana: N. Dana While the community is gone, the present day location for North Dana is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where North Dana was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities near North Dana ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near North Dana.
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 North Dana. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for North Dana. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of North Dana. 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 North Dana. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around North Dana. See our Newspapers Page for North Dana. Adding North Dana to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of North Dana 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 North Dana was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for North Dana. Footnotes ...
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