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Welcome to Gerald ...

Gerald is located in Henry County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gerald, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Gerald is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Gerald: 419 & 567<3>

Communities Also Named Gerald ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Gerald - they are located in Alabama, Illinois (2), Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, Saskatchewan and Texas (2).

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

Communities near Gerald ...

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

  • Defiance
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Napoleon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Wauseon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Whitehouse
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Archbold
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Swanton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Delta
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Morenci
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Morenci is located in Lenawee County (MI)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morenci
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,129 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morenci <4>
  • West Unity
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Weston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gerald ...

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

Adding Gerald to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gerald 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 (so far) for Gerald was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Gerald post office opened in 1898. The Gerald post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gerald.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Henry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gerald - 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 419 code has been Overlayed with the 567 area code. New phone numbers in the Gerald area will be assigned with one of these codes: 419 or 567. As a result, placing a call in the Gerald 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/