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Welcome to Peerless (aka 'Peerless Station') ...

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

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

Peerless would have been located within present day Delaware County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Peerless, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Peerless is 1,180 feet [360 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

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

The community of Peerless has also been called Peerless Station.

Communities Also Named Peerless ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Peerless - they are located in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Montana, Saskatchewan, Texas, Utah and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Peerless ...

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

  • Delaware
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Westerville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Westerville have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerville
    • Westerville is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 41,452 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Westerville <5>
  • Mount Vernon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • New Albany
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Albany have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Albany
    • New Albany is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,072 people
  • Sunbury
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sunbury have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
    • Sunbury is located in Delaware County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,881 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunbury <5>
  • Johnstown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Mount Gilead
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Gilead have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gilead
    • Mount Gilead is located in Morrow County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,687 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Gilead <5>
  • Fredericktown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fredericktown have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericktown
    • Fredericktown is located in Knox County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,526 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fredericktown <5>
  • Gambier
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Utica
    (18 miles [29 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 Peerless. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Peerless.

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

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

Adding Peerless to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Peerless 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 for Peerless was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Peerless post office opened in 1881.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Peerless.

The official website for Delaware County: www.co.delaware.oh.us/

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

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 Peerless, 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 Delaware, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Peerless - 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 Peerless area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Peerless 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>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.
<7>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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