Welcome to Cape Galena ...So far, we found very little information about Cape Galena. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Cape Galena to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cape Galena, please Contact Us. Cape Galena would have been located within present day Morgan County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Cape Galena, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875. While the community is gone, the present day location for Cape Galena is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Cape Galena was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities near Cape Galena ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cape Galena.
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 Cape Galena. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cape Galena. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cape Galena. 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 Cape Galena. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cape Galena. See our Newspapers Page for Cape Galena. Adding Cape Galena to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Cape Galena 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 Cape Galena was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Cape Galena. Footnotes ...
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