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Welcome to Banner ...

So far, we found very little information about Banner. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Banner to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Banner, please Contact Us.

Banner would have been located within present day Jackson County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Banner, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Banner is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Banner was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Banner was located: 740 & 220<4>

Communities Also Named Banner ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 24 communities that are also named Banner - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California (2), Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas (4), Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Ontario, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Banner.

Communities near Banner ...

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

  • Jackson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Jackson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jackson
    • Jackson is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,240 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jackson <6>
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Jackson
    • From Banner to Jackson
  • Wellston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Oak Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
    • Oak Hill is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,531 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Hill <6>
  • Hamden
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • South Webster
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Webster have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Webster
    • South Webster is located in Scioto County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 796 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Webster <6>
  • Rio Grande
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Coalton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coalton have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
    • Coalton is located in Jackson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
  • Beaver
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beaver have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaver
    • Beaver is located in Pike County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beaver <6>
  • Vinton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vinton have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
    • Vinton is located in Gallia County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 208 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vinton <6>
  • Wilkesville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

Adding Banner to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Banner 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 for Banner was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

X2X - From that list, the Banner post office opened in 1881.

We also found Banner in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Banner.

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Banner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Banner - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Banner area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Banner area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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