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Welcome to Davies ...

Davies is located in Otter Tail County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Davies, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Davies is 1,440 feet [439 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Davies: 218

Communities Also Named Davies ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Davies - it's located in Washington.

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

Communities near Davies ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Davies ...

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

Adding Davies to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Davies 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 Davies was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Davies post office opened in 1886. The Davies post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Davies.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Otter Tail, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Davies - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/