Welcome to Peakland ...Peakland is located in Meigs County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Peakland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1918. Peakland is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Peakland lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Peakland (for example, toward Pikeville), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Area Codes for Peakland: 423 & 729<3> Communities Also Named Peakland ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Peakland - it's located in Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Peakland. Communities near Peakland ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Peakland.
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 Peakland. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Peakland. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Peakland. 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 Peakland. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Peakland. See our Newspapers Page for Peakland. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Peakland ...Looking for more information about Peakland? 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 Peakland, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Peakland. Adding Peakland to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Peakland 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 (so far) for Peakland was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Peakland. Footnotes ...
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