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Welcome to Peck ...

Peck is located in Pike County<1>.

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

Peck is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Peck: 740 & 220<3>

Communities Also Named Peck ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Peck - they are located in Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Peck ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Peck ...

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

Adding Peck to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Peck post office opened in 1892. The Peck post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Peck.

Footnotes ...

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