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Welcome to Manara ...

Manara is located in Fayette County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Manara, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Manara is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Manara: 740 & 220<3>

Communities near Manara ...

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

  • Washington Court House
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Washington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Washington is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
  • Greenfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Sabina
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • South Bloomfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,977 people
  • Mount Sterling
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Commercial Point
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jeffersonville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Williamsport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Frankfort
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Manara ...

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

Adding Manara to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Manara post office opened in 1889. The Manara post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Manara.

Footnotes ...

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