Welcome to Pelton ...

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

We've added Pelton to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Pelton - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Pelton, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Pelton , we believe that it would have been located within present day Fulton County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pelton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

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

The Area Codes where Pelton was located: 419 & 567<3>

Communities Also Named Pelton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Pelton - they are located in Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

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

Adding Pelton to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Pelton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Pelton post office opened in 1899.

We also found Pelton on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map (1901).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pelton.

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 Pelton, 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 Fulton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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 Pelton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 419 or 567. As a result, placing a call in the Pelton area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/