Welcome to Banks ...So far, we found very little information about Banks. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Banks to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Banks, please Contact Us. Banks would have been located within present day Bay County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Banks, you might consider that their post office opened in 1864. The was incorporated in 1871. Time Zone: The area where Banks was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Banks was located: 989 The community of Banks has also been called Bangor. and Bank City. Going back to its beginning, Banks was originally named Bangor<3>. For more information about the names of Banks, see The Names of Banks on our Genealogy Page. Communities Also Named Banks ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Banks - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ontario, Oregon, South Carolina and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Banks. Communities near Banks ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Banks.
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 Banks. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Banks. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Banks. 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 Banks. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Banks. See our Newspapers Page for Banks. Adding Banks to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Banks in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Banks was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Banks. Footnotes ...
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