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Welcome to Doolie ...

Doolie is located in Iredell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Doolie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

Doolie is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Doolie: 704 & 980<3>

Communities near Doolie ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Doolie ...

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

Adding Doolie to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Doolie 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 Doolie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Doolie post office opened in 1881. The Doolie post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Doolie.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Iredell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Doolie - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 704 code has been Overlayed with the 980 area code. New phone numbers in the Doolie area will be assigned with one of these codes: 704 or 980. As a result, placing a call in the Doolie area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/