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Welcome to Lucia ...

Lucia is located in Gaston County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lucia, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Lucia is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lucia: 704 & 980<3>

Communities Also Named Lucia ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Lucia - they are located in California and Washington.

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

Websites for Lucia ...

Junior League:   www.jlgaston.org/

Communities near Lucia ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lucia ...

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

Adding Lucia to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lucia post office opened in 1884. The Lucia post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lucia.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Gaston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lucia - 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 Lucia area will be assigned with one of these codes: 704 or 980. As a result, placing a call in the Lucia 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/