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Welcome to Trust ...

Trust is located in Madison County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Trust, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Trust is 2,410 feet [735 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Trust is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Trust: 828

Communities Also Named Trust ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Trust - they are located in Georgia, Kansas and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Trust ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Trust ...

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

Adding Trust to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Trust 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 Trust was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Trust post office opened in 1899. The Trust post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Trust.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Madison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Trust - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/