Welcome to Burke ...Burke is located in Cumberland County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Burke, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890. Burke is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Burke lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel east from Burke (for example, toward Midtown Heights), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT). Area Code for Burke: 931 Communities Also Named Burke ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Burke - they are located in California, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, New York, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Virginia (2) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Burke. Communities near Burke ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Burke.
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 Burke. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Burke. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Burke. 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 Burke. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Burke. See our Newspapers Page for Burke. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Burke ...Looking for more information about Burke? 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 Burke, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Burke. Adding Burke to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Burke 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 Burke was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Burke in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Burke. Footnotes ...
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