Welcome to Downing ...Downing is located Downing is located in Comanche County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Downing, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888. Downing is 1,280 feet [390 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Downing lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Downing - they are located in Alabama (2), Colorado, Florida, Kansas (2), Michigan (2), Missouri, New York, North Dakota, Oregon (2), Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Downing. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Downing. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Downing. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Downing. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Downing. 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 Downing. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Downing. See our Newspapers Page for Downing. Looking for more information about Downing? 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 Downing, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Downing. We originally found mention of Downing 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 Downing was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Downing.
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