Welcome to Moon ...So far, we found very little information about Moon. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Moon to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Moon, please Contact Us. Moon would have been located within present day Wayne County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Moon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882. While the community is gone, the present day location for Moon is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Moon was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Moon was located: 931 Communities Also Named Moon ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Moon - they are located in Alabama, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan (2), Mississippi, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Moon. Communities near Moon ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Moon.
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 Moon. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Moon. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Moon. 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 Moon. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Moon. See our Newspapers Page for Moon. Adding Moon to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Moon 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 Moon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Moon. Footnotes ...
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