Welcome to Lilac ...

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

We've added Lilac to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Lilac - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Lilac, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Lilac , we believe that it would have been located within present day McPherson County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lilac, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

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

The Area Code where Lilac was located: 308

Communities Also Named Lilac ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Lilac - they are located in California, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee and Texas.

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

Adding Lilac to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Lilac was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Lilac post office opened in 1891.

We also found Lilac on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Nebraska (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lilac.

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 Lilac, 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 McPherson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/