RoadsideThoughts |
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada |
Home >> State of Oregon >> Clatsop County >> Denver | Index... |
Welcome to Denver ...So far, we found very little information about Denver. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Denver to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Denver, please Contact Us. Denver would have been located within present day Clatsop County<2>. The location of Denver has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Denver, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884. When the people of Denver referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Denverite<4> While the community is gone, the present day location for Denver is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: The area where Denver was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time If Denver still existed, it would have been in the (503) & (971)<6> area codes. Communities Also Named Denver ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 26 communities that are also named Denver - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan (2), Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas and West Virginia (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Denver. Communities near Denver ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Denver.
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 Denver. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Denver. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Denver. 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 Denver. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Denver. See our Newspapers Page for Denver. Adding Denver to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Denver 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 Denver was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> For more details, see References and Mentions for Denver. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Clatsop County: www.co.clatsop.or.us/ The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/ Footnotes ...
|
Thank you for visiting our website.
In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.
If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.
This page was last modified/updated: 07 Apr 2024