Welcome to Point ...Point is located in Bedford County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Point, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882. Point is 1,250 feet [381 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Point lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Point: 814 & 582<3> Communities Also Named Point ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Point - they are located in Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio (2) and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Point. Websites for Point ...Chamber of Commerce: www.bedfordcountychamber.org/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Point, the following might be of interest: Communities near Point ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Point.
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 Point. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Point. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Point. 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 Point. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Point. See our Newspapers Page for Point. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Point ...Looking for more information about Point? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Point, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Point. Adding Point to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Point 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 (so far) for Point was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Point. Footnotes ...
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