Welcome to Edgar ...Edgar is located Edgar is located in DeWitt County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Edgar, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888. Edgar is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Edgar lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Edgar: 361 Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Edgar - they are located in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Edgar. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Edgar. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Edgar. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Edgar. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Edgar. 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 Edgar. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Edgar. See our Newspapers Page for Edgar. Looking for more information about Edgar? 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 Edgar, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Edgar. We originally found mention of Edgar 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 Edgar was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Edgar.
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