Welcome to Ballard ...So far, we found very little information about Ballard. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Ballard to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ballard, please Contact Us. Ballard would have been located within present day Bates County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Ballard, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884. While the community is gone, the present day location for Ballard is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Ballard was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Ballard ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Ballard - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Utah (2), Virginia, Washington and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ballard. Communities near Ballard ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ballard.
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 Ballard. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ballard. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ballard. 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 Ballard. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ballard. See our Newspapers Page for Ballard. Adding Ballard to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Ballard 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 Ballard was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Ballard. Footnotes ...
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