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Welcome to Galloway ...So far, we found very little information about Galloway. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Galloway to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Galloway, please Contact Us. Galloway would have been located within present day Morrow County<2>. The location of Galloway has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Galloway, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. While the community is gone, the present day location for Galloway is 1,300 feet [396 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Galloway was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Galloway would have been located in the (541) & (458)<5> area codes. Communities Also Named Galloway ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Galloway - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, British Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan (2), Mississippi, Missouri, New Brunswick, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas (3), West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Galloway. Communities near Galloway ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Galloway.
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 Galloway. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Galloway. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Galloway. 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 Galloway. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Galloway. See our Newspapers Page for Galloway. Adding Galloway to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Galloway in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Galloway was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Galloway. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Morrow County: www.morrowcountyoregon.com/ The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/ Footnotes ...
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