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Welcome to Mascot ...

Mascot is located in Harlan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mascot, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1886.

Mascot is 2,130 feet [649 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Mascot is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Mascot: 308

Communities Also Named Mascot ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Mascot - they are located in Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

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

Communities near Mascot ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mascot ...

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

Adding Mascot to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mascot 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 for Mascot was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Mascot post office opened in 1886.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mascot.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Harlan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mascot - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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