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Welcome to Ward ...So far, we found very little information about Ward. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Ward to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ward, please Contact Us. Ward would have been located within present day Washington County<2>. The location of Ward has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Ward, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882. While the community is gone, the present day location for Ward is 1,050 feet [320 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Ward was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time If Ward still existed, it would have been in the (740) area code. Communities Also Named Ward ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 35 communities that are also named Ward - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas (2), Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Brunswick, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (2), Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ward. Communities near Ward ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ward.
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 Ward. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ward. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ward. 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 Ward. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ward. See our Newspapers Page for Ward. Adding Ward to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Ward 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 Ward was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Ward in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Ward. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Washington County: www.co.washington.oh.us/ The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/ Footnotes ...
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