Welcome to Cecil ...So far, we found very little information about Cecil. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Cecil to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cecil, please Contact Us. Cecil would have been located within present day Haywood County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Cecil, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898. While the community is gone, the present day location for Cecil is 3,090 feet [942 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Cecil is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Cecil was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Cecil was located: 828 Communities Also Named Cecil ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Cecil - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cecil. Communities near Cecil ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cecil.
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 Cecil. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cecil. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cecil. 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 Cecil. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cecil. See our Newspapers Page for Cecil. Adding Cecil to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Cecil in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Cecil was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Cecil. Footnotes ...
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