Welcome to Ward (aka 'Ward City') ...So far, we found very little information about Ward. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Ward to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ward, please Contact Us. Ward would have been located within present day White Pine County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Ward, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877. While the community is gone, the present day location for Ward is 7,720 feet [2,353 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Ward is about 1½ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Ward was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Ward was located: 775 The community of Ward has also been called Ward City. Communities Also Named Ward ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 35 communities that are also named Ward - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas (2), Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Brunswick, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (2), Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ward. Communities near Ward ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ward.
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 Ward. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ward. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ward. 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 Ward. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ward. See our Newspapers Page for Ward. Adding Ward to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Ward 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 Ward was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Ward. Footnotes ...
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