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Welcome to Manara ...

Manara is located in Fayette County<1>.


The location of Manara has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


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.<3>.

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

The telephone area code for Manara: (740)

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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Washington came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
    • Washington is located in Fayette County
  • Greenfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Sabina
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sabina have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sabina
    • Sabina is located in Clinton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,562 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sabina <4>
  • South Bloomfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Bloomfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bloomfield
    • South Bloomfield is located in Pickaway County
    • 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)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Commercial Point have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Commercial Point
    • Commercial Point is located in Pickaway County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,695 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Commercial Point <4>
  • Jeffersonville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Williamsport
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsport have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport
    • Williamsport is located in Pickaway County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,085 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williamsport <4>
  • 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 for Manara was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

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

We also found Manara in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Manara.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Manara. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Fayette County: www.fayette-co-oh.com/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

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 location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Manara - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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