Welcome to Arthur ...So far, we found very little information about Arthur. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Arthur to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Arthur, please Contact Us. Arthur would have been located within present day Elko County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Arthur, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881. While the community is gone, the present day location for Arthur is 6,340 feet [1,932 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Arthur is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Arthur was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Arthur was located: 775 Communities Also Named Arthur ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 30 communities that are also named Arthur - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (3), Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Arthur. Communities near Arthur ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Arthur.
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 Arthur. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Arthur. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Arthur. 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 Arthur. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Arthur. See our Newspapers Page for Arthur. Adding Arthur to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Arthur 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 (so far) for Arthur was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Arthur. Footnotes ...
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