Welcome to Downsville ...Downsville is located Downsville is located in McLennan County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Downsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890. Downsville is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Downsville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Downsville: 254 Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Downsville - they are located in Louisiana, Maryland, New York, North Carolina and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Downsville. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Downsville. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Downsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Downsville. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Downsville. 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 Downsville. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Downsville. See our Newspapers Page for Downsville. Looking for more information about Downsville? 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 Downsville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Downsville. We originally found mention of Downsville 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 Downsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Downsville.
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