Welcome to Manchester ...So far, we found very little information about Manchester. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Manchester to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Manchester, please Contact Us. Manchester would have been located within present day Lincoln County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Manchester, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881. When the people of Manchester referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Manchesterite<3> While the community is gone, the present day location for Manchester is 6,580 feet [2,006 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Manchester is 1¼ mile [or 2 km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Manchester was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Manchester was located: 575 Communities Also Named Manchester ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 47 communities that are also named Manchester - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, California (2), Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana (3), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina (2), Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario (2), Pennsylvania (2), South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (2), Vermont, Virginia (2), Washington and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Manchester. Communities near Manchester ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Manchester.
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 Manchester. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Manchester. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Manchester. 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 Manchester. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Manchester. See our Newspapers Page for Manchester. Adding Manchester to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Manchester 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 Manchester was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Manchester. Footnotes ...
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