Welcome to Townsend ...Townsend is located in Kemper County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Townsend, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910. Townsend is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Townsend lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities Also Named Townsend ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Townsend - they are located in British Columbia, Colorado (2), Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Massachusetts, Montana, New York, Ohio (3), Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee (2), Texas, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Townsend. Communities near Townsend ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Townsend.
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 Townsend. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Townsend. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Townsend. 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 Townsend. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Townsend. See our Newspapers Page for Townsend. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Townsend ...Looking for more information about Townsend? 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 Townsend, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Townsend. Adding Townsend to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Townsend 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 Townsend was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Townsend. Footnotes ...
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