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Welcome to Straubville ...

So far, we found very little information about Straubville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Straubville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Straubville, please Contact Us.

Straubville would have been located within present day Sargent County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Straubville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Straubville is 1,300 feet [396 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Straubville was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Straubville was located: 701

Communities near Straubville ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Straubville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Straubville 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 Straubville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Straubville post office opened in 1887. The Straubville post office closed in 1984.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Straubville.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Straubville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of North Dakota's counties, including Sargent, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Straubville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/