Welcome to Dan River ...Dan River is located in Rockingham County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Dan River, you might consider that their post office opened in 1853. A typical abbreviation for Dan River: Dan Riv. Dan River is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Dan River lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Dan River: 336 & 743<3> Communities Also Named Dan River ...For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dan River. Communities near Dan River ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dan River.
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 Dan River. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dan River. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dan River. 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 Dan River. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dan River. See our Newspapers Page for Dan River. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dan River ...Looking for more information about Dan River? 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 Dan River, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Dan River. Adding Dan River to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Dan River 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 Dan River was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Dan River. Footnotes ...
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