Welcome to Mercer ...Mercer is located in Edgecombe County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Mercer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898. Mercer is 110 feet [34 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Mercer lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Mercer: 252 Communities Also Named Mercer ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Mercer - they are located in Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (2), Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mercer. Communities near Mercer ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mercer.
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 Mercer. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mercer. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mercer. 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 Mercer. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mercer. See our Newspapers Page for Mercer. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mercer ...Looking for more information about Mercer? 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 Mercer, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Mercer. Adding Mercer to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Mercer 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 for Mercer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Mercer on a map titled Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Mercer. Footnotes ...
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