Welcome to Straits ...Straits is located in Carteret County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Straits, you might consider that their post office opened in 1855. Straits is near sea level<2>. Time Zone: Straits lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Straits: 252 Communities Also Named Straits ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Straits - they are located in Florida and Michigan. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Straits. Communities near Straits ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Straits.
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 Straits. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Straits. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Straits. 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 Straits. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Straits. See our Newspapers Page for Straits. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Straits ...Looking for more information about Straits? 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 Straits, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Straits. Adding Straits to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Straits 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 Straits was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Straits in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Straits. Footnotes ...
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