Welcome to Democracy ...
So far, we found very little information about Democracy. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Democracy to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Democracy - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Democracy, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Democracy , we believe that it would have been located within present day Knox County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Democracy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1834.
Time Zone: The area where Democracy was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Democracy was located: 740 & 220<3>
Adding Democracy to Our Gazetteer ...
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Democracy was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Democracy post office opened in 1834.
We also found Democracy in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Democracy.
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 Democracy, 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 Knox, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <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 Democracy area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Democracy area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |