Welcome to Farrar ...Farrar is located Farrar is located in Limestone County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Farrar, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883. Farrar is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Farrar lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Farrar: 254 Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Farrar - they are located in Georgia, Iowa, Missouri and North Carolina. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Farrar. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Farrar. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Farrar. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Farrar. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Farrar. 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 Farrar. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Farrar. See our Newspapers Page for Farrar. Looking for more information about Farrar? 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 Farrar, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Farrar. We originally found mention of Farrar 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 for Farrar was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911). We also found Farrar in the book titled .<5> X3X - From that list, the Farrar post office opened in 1883.
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