Welcome to Little Switzerland ...Little Switzerland is primarily located in McDowell County<1>. A portion of Little Switzerland extends into Mitchell County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Little Switzerland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912. Little Switzerland is 3,460 feet [1,055 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Little Switzerland is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level. Time Zone: Little Switzerland lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Little Switzerland: 828 The ZIP code for Little Switzerland: 28749<3> Communities Also Named Little Switzerland ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Little Switzerland - it's located in Oregon. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Little Switzerland. Communities near Little Switzerland ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Little Switzerland.
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 Little Switzerland. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Little Switzerland. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Little Switzerland. 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 Little Switzerland. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Switzerland. See our Newspapers Page for Little Switzerland. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Little Switzerland ...Looking for more information about Little Switzerland? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Little Switzerland, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Little Switzerland. Adding Little Switzerland to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Little Switzerland 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 Little Switzerland was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Little Switzerland. Footnotes ...
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