Welcome to Straw ...Straw is located in Fergus County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Straw, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904. Straw is 4,200 feet [1,280 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Straw is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Straw lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Straw: 406 Communities Also Named Straw ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Straw - they are located in Kentucky and North Carolina. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Straw. Communities near Straw ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Straw.
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 Straw. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Straw. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Straw. 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 Straw. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Straw. See our Newspapers Page for Straw. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Straw ...Looking for more information about Straw? 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 Straw, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Straw. Adding Straw to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Straw 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 Straw was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Straw. Footnotes ...
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