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Welcome to Day Book ...

Day Book is located in Yancey County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Day Book, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852.

Day Book is 2,410 feet [735 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Day Book is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Day Book lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Day Book: 828

Websites for Day Book ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.yanceychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Day Book, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Day Book ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Day Book.

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 Day Book. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Day Book.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Day Book. 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 Day Book.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Day Book. See our Newspapers Page for Day Book.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Day Book ...

Looking for more information about Day Book? 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 Day Book, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Day Book.

Adding Day Book to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Day Book 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 Day Book was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Day Book post office opened in 1852. The Day Book post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Day Book.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Yancey, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Day Book - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/