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Welcome to Edna ...

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

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

Edna would have been located within present day Gallia County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Edna, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Edna is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Edna ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Edna - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, California, Georgia (2), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee (2), Texas, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Websites for Edna ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.galliacounty.org/

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

Communities near Edna ...

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

  • Jackson
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Wellston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Point Pleasant
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Gallipolis
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Middleport
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • McArthur
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Oak Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Hamden
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Rio Grande
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Coalton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Coalton is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people

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

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

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

Adding Edna to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Edna post office opened in 1884. The Edna post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Edna.

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 Edna, 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 Gallia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Edna - 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 Edna area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Edna area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/