Welcome to Preston ...So far, we found very little information about Preston. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Preston to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Preston, please Contact Us. Preston would have been located within present day Knox County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Preston, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880. While the community is gone, the present day location for Preston is 1,150 feet [351 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Preston was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Preston (for example, toward Rogers), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). The Area Code where Preston was located: 865 Communities Also Named Preston ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Tennessee communities named Preston: This one is located in Knox County and the other is located in Hardin County. Beyond Tennessee, there are 46 communities that are also named Preston - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Manitoba, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Oklahoma (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania (3), South Dakota, Texas (3), Virginia (2), Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Preston. Communities near Preston ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Preston.
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 Preston. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Preston. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Preston. 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 Preston. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Preston. See our Newspapers Page for Preston. Adding Preston to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Preston 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 Preston was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Preston. Footnotes ...
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