Welcome to Bamboo ...Bamboo is located in Watauga County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Bamboo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876. Bamboo is 3,230 feet [985 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Bamboo is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Bamboo lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Bamboo: 828 Communities Also Named Bamboo ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Bamboo - they are located in Florida, Georgia and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Bamboo. Communities near Bamboo ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bamboo.
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 Bamboo. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bamboo. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bamboo. 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 Bamboo. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bamboo. See our Newspapers Page for Bamboo. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bamboo ...Looking for more information about Bamboo? 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 Bamboo, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bamboo. Adding Bamboo to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Bamboo 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 for Bamboo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Bamboo in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Bamboo. Footnotes ...
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