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Welcome to Andis ...

Andis is located in Lawrence County<1>.

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

Andis is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Andis lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Andis: 740 & 220<3>

Websites for Andis ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.lawrencecountyohio.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Andis, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Andis ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Andis ...

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

Adding Andis to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Andis 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 Andis was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Andis post office opened in 1886. The Andis post office closed in 1921.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Andis.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Lawrence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Andis - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Andis area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Andis area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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