Welcome to Burningtown ...Burningtown is located in Macon County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Burningtown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1840. Burningtown is 2,140 feet [652 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Burningtown is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Burningtown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Burningtown: 828 Communities near Burningtown ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Burningtown.
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 Burningtown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Burningtown. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Burningtown. 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 Burningtown. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Burningtown. See our Newspapers Page for Burningtown. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Burningtown ...Looking for more information about Burningtown? 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 Burningtown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Burningtown. Adding Burningtown to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Burningtown 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 Burningtown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Burningtown. Footnotes ...
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