Welcome to Gretna ...Gretna is located in Wayne County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Gretna, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900. Gretna is 300 feet [91 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Gretna lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Gretna: 601 & 769<3> Communities Also Named Gretna ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Gretna - they are located in Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Manitoba, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gretna. Communities near Gretna ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gretna.
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 Gretna. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gretna. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gretna. 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 Gretna. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gretna. See our Newspapers Page for Gretna. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gretna ...Looking for more information about Gretna? 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 Gretna, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Gretna. Adding Gretna to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Gretna 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 Gretna was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Gretna. Footnotes ...
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