Welcome to Ethel ...So far, we found very little information about Ethel. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Ethel to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ethel, please Contact Us. Ethel would have been located within present day Roane County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Ethel, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880. From the 2010 Census (the most recent Census number we have), Ethel had a population of 2,055 people.<3> (see below for details). While the community is gone, the present day location for Ethel is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Ethel was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Ethel (for example, toward Rogers), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). The Area Code where Ethel was located: 865 Communities Also Named Ethel ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Ethel - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia (2), Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Texas, Virginia, Washington (2) and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ethel. Communities near Ethel ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ethel.
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 Ethel. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ethel. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ethel. 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 Ethel. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ethel. See our Newspapers Page for Ethel. Adding Ethel to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Ethel 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 Ethel was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Ethel. Footnotes ...
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