Welcome to Swiss ...Swiss is located in Yancey County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Swiss, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901. Swiss is 2,760 feet [841 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Swiss is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Swiss lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Swiss: 828 Communities Also Named Swiss ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Swiss - they are located in Missouri and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Swiss. Websites for Swiss ...Chamber of Commerce: www.yanceychamber.com/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Swiss, the following might be of interest: Communities near Swiss ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Swiss.
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 Swiss. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Swiss. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Swiss. 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 Swiss. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Swiss. See our Newspapers Page for Swiss. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Swiss ...Looking for more information about Swiss? 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 Swiss, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Swiss. Adding Swiss to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Swiss 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 Swiss was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Swiss. Footnotes ...
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