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Welcome to Emporia ...

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

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

Emporia would have been located within present day Holt County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Emporia, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

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

The Area Codes where Emporia was located: 402 & 531<3>

Communities Also Named Emporia ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Emporia - they are located in Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri and Virginia.

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

Communities near Emporia ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Emporia to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source (so far) we've referenced which mentioned Emporia was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Emporia post office opened in 1890. The Emporia post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Emporia.

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 Emporia, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Holt, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 402 code has been Overlayed with the 531 area code. New phone numbers in the Emporia area will be assigned with one of these codes: 402 or 531. As a result, placing a call in the Emporia area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
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<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/