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Welcome to Sicily ...

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

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

Sicily would have been located within present day Highland County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sicily, you might consider that their post office opened in 1848.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Sicily is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Sicily was located: 937 & 326<4>

Communities Also Named Sicily ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Sicily - it's located in Illinois.

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

Communities near Sicily ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Sicily to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sicily 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 (so far) for Sicily was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Sicily post office opened in 1848. The Sicily post office closed in 1895.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sicily.

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 Sicily, 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 Highland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sicily - 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 937 code has been Overlayed with the 326 area code. New phone numbers in the Sicily area will be assigned with one of these codes: 937 or 326. As a result, placing a call in the Sicily 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>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/