Welcome to Myrtle ...So far, we found very little information about Myrtle. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Myrtle to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Myrtle, please Contact Us. Myrtle would have been located within present day Lincoln County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Myrtle, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886. While the community is gone, the present day location for Myrtle is 3,020 feet [920 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Myrtle is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Myrtle was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Myrtle, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). The Area Code where Myrtle was located: 308 Communities Also Named Myrtle ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 28 communities that are also named Myrtle - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia (2), Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Manitoba, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario (2), Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas (2), Virginia and West Virginia (3). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Myrtle. Communities near Myrtle ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Myrtle.
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 Myrtle. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Myrtle. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Myrtle. 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 Myrtle. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Myrtle. See our Newspapers Page for Myrtle. Adding Myrtle to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Myrtle 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 (so far) for Myrtle was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Myrtle. Footnotes ...
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