Welcome to Fauna ...

So far, we found very little information about Fauna. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Fauna to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fauna, please Contact Us.

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Fauna would have been located within present day Pasquotank County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fauna, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Fauna is near sea level<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Fauna was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Fauna was located: 252

Communities Also Named Fauna ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Fauna - it's located in Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fauna.

Communities near Fauna ...

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

• Elizabeth City
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Elizabeth City is located in Pasquotank County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,013 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabeth City <4>
• Hertford
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hertford is located in Perquimans County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hertford
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,143 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hertford <4>
• Winfall
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Winfall is located in Perquimans County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfall
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 620 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winfall <4>
• South Mills
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • South Mills is located in Camden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Mills
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Mills <4>
• Horseshoe
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Horseshoe is located in Camden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horseshoe
• Belcross
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Belcross is located in Camden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belcross
• Camden
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Camden is located in Camden County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camden <4>
• Nicanor
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Nicanor is located in Perquimans County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicanor
• Woodville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Woodville is located in Perquimans County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
• Moyock
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Moyock is located in Currituck County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyock
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moyock <4>

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

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

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

Adding Fauna to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fauna post office opened in 1894. The Fauna post office closed in 1896.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fauna.