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Welcome to Agate ...

Agate is located in Sioux County<1>.

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

Agate is 4,430 feet [1,350 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Agate is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Agate lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Agate and travel south, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Agate: 308

Communities Also Named Agate ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Agate - they are located in British Columbia, Colorado, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ontario, Utah and Washington (2).

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

Communities near Agate ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Agate.

  • Harrison
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Glen
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Glen. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen
    • Glen is located in Sioux County
  • Van Tassell
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Belmont
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Belmont is located in Dawes County
  • Marsland
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Crawford
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Scoville
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Scoville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scoville
    • Scoville is located in Scotts Bluff County
  • Horn
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Horn. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horn
    • Horn is located in Dawes County
  • Jay Em
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jay Em
    • Jay Em is located in Goshen County (WY)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Agate ...

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

Adding Agate to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Agate in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Agate was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Agate post office opened in 1899.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Agate.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Sioux, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Agate - 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>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/