Welcome to Watsondale ...So far, we found very little information about Watsondale. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Watsondale to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Watsondale, please Contact Us. Watsondale would have been located within present day Fayette County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Watsondale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895. While the community is gone, the present day location for Watsondale is 1,430 feet [436 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Watsondale was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Communities near Watsondale ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Watsondale.
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 Watsondale. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Watsondale. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Watsondale. 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 Watsondale. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Watsondale. See our Newspapers Page for Watsondale. Adding Watsondale to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Watsondale 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 Watsondale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Watsondale. Footnotes ...
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