Welcome to Amazon ...Amazon is located in Jefferson County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Amazon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888. Amazon is 5,450 feet [1,661 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Amazon is about 1 mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Amazon lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Amazon: 406 Communities Also Named Amazon ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Amazon - they are located in Kansas, Nevada and Saskatchewan. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Amazon. Communities near Amazon ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Amazon.
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 Amazon. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Amazon. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Amazon. 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 Amazon. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Amazon. See our Newspapers Page for Amazon. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Amazon ...Looking for more information about Amazon? 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 Amazon, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Amazon. Adding Amazon to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Amazon 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 Amazon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Amazon. Footnotes ...
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