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Welcome to Downsville ...So far, we found very little information about Downsville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Downsville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Downsville, please Contact Us. Downsville would have been located within present day Caldwell County<2>. The location of Downsville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Downsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873. While the community is gone, the present day location for Downsville is 1,230 feet [375 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Downsville was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time If Downsville still existed, it would have been in the (828) area code. Communities Also Named Downsville ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Downsville - they are located in Louisiana, Maryland, New York, Texas and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Downsville. Communities near Downsville ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Downsville.
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 Downsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Downsville. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Downsville. 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 Downsville. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Downsville. See our Newspapers Page for Downsville. Adding Downsville to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Downsville 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 Downsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Downsville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Downsville. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Caldwell County: www.co.caldwell.nc.us/ The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/ Footnotes ...
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