Welcome to Alston ...Alston is located in Fairfield County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Alston, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850. Alston is 240 feet [73 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Alston lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Alston: 803 & 839<3> Communities Also Named Alston ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Alston - they are located in Arkansas, Georgia (2), Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oregon and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Alston. Websites for Alston ...Chamber of Commerce: www.fairfieldchamber.org/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Alston, the following might be of interest: Communities near Alston ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Alston.
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 Alston. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Alston. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Alston. 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 Alston. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Alston. See our Newspapers Page for Alston. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Alston ...Looking for more information about Alston? 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 Alston, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Alston. Adding Alston to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Alston 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 Alston was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Alston in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851). For more details, see References and Mentions for Alston. Footnotes ...
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