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Welcome to Addor ...

Addor is located in Moore County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Addor, you might consider that their post office opened in 1918.

Addor is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Addor lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Addor: 910 & 472<3>

Communities near Addor ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Addor.

  • Pinehurst
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Southern Pines
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Rockingham
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Aberdeen
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Hamlet
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Raeford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Whispering Pines
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Carthage
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Foxfire
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Foxfire is located in Moore County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxfire
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,061 people
  • Ellerbe
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)

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 Addor. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Addor.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Addor. 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 Addor.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Addor. See our Newspapers Page for Addor.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Addor ...

Looking for more information about Addor? 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 Addor, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Addor.

Adding Addor to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Addor 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 Addor was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Addor post office opened in 1918. The Addor post office closed in 1965.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Addor.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Moore, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Addor - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 910 code has been Overlayed with the 472 area code. New phone numbers in the Addor area will be assigned with one of these codes: 910 or 472. As a result, placing a call in the Addor area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/