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Welcome to Cloudland ...So far, we found very little information about Cloudland. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Cloudland to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cloudland, please Contact Us. Cloudland would have been located within present day Mitchell County<2>. The location of Cloudland has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Cloudland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879. While the community is gone, the present day location for Cloudland is 6,170 feet [1,881 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Cloudland is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Cloudland was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time If Cloudland still existed, it would have been in the (828) area code. Communities Also Named Cloudland ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Cloudland - it's located in Georgia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cloudland. Communities near Cloudland ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cloudland.
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 Cloudland. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cloudland. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cloudland. 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 Cloudland. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cloudland. See our Newspapers Page for Cloudland. Adding Cloudland to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Cloudland 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 for Cloudland was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Cloudland in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Cloudland. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Mitchell County: www.mitchellcounty.org/ The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/ Footnotes ...
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