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Welcome to Dennis ...

Dennis is located in Scioto County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dennis, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Dennis is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel south from Dennis, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Dennis: 740 & 220<3>

Communities Also Named Dennis ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 24 communities that are also named Dennis - they are located in Georgia (2), Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan (3), Mississippi, Montana, New Brunswick, New Jersey, North Carolina (2), Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota (2), Texas, Utah and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Dennis ...

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

  • Portsmouth
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • New Boston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Vanceburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenup
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenup is located in Greenup County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenup
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,100 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenup <4>
  • South Shore
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Wurtland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Wurtland is located in Greenup County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wurtland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,013 people
  • Rarden
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Rome
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Rome is located in Adams County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rome
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
  • Otway
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Pond Run
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Pond Run is located in Scioto County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Run

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dennis ...

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

Adding Dennis to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Dennis post office opened in 1892. The Dennis post office closed in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dennis.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Scioto, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dennis - 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 Dennis area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Dennis 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/