Welcome to Sherwood ...Sherwood is located in Watauga County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Sherwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913. Sherwood is 2,690 feet [820 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Sherwood is ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Sherwood lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Sherwood: 828 Communities Also Named Sherwood ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two North Carolina communities named Sherwood: This one is located in Watauga County and the other is located in Cumberland County. Beyond North Carolina, there are 54 communities that are also named Sherwood - they are located in Alabama (3), Alberta, Arizona, Arkansas, California (2), Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Manitoba, Maryland (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (3), Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Ontario (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Prince Edward Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (2), Virginia (2), Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sherwood. Communities near Sherwood ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sherwood.
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 Sherwood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sherwood. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sherwood. 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 Sherwood. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sherwood. See our Newspapers Page for Sherwood. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sherwood ...Looking for more information about Sherwood? 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 Sherwood, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sherwood. Adding Sherwood to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Sherwood 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 Sherwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Sherwood. Footnotes ...
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