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Welcome to Flora ...

Flora is located in Benson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Flora, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Flora is 1,570 feet [479 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Flora lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Flora: 701

Communities Also Named Flora ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 21 communities that are also named Flora - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana (2), Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas (3), West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Flora ...

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

  • Maddock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Minnewaukan
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Sheyenne
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Oberon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Esmond
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Brinsmade
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Hamberg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Isabel
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Bremen
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Fort Totten
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Flora ...

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

Adding Flora to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Flora post office opened in 1901. The Flora post office closed in 1971.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Flora.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Dakota's counties, including Benson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Flora - 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/