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Welcome to Bannock ...

Bannock is located in Belmont County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bannock, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1880.

Bannock is 1,000 feet [305 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bannock: 740 & 220<3>

Communities Also Named Bannock ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Bannock - they are located in California, Idaho (2), Kansas, Nevada and Saskatchewan.

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

Communities near Bannock ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bannock ...

Looking for more information about Bannock? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Bannock, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Bannock.

Adding Bannock to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bannock 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 for Bannock was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Bannock post office opened in 1880.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bannock.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Belmont, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bannock - 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 Bannock area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Bannock 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>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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