Welcome to Huron ...So far, we found very little information about Huron. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Huron to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Huron, please Contact Us. Huron was located Huron would have been located within present day Hill County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Huron, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897. When the people of Huron referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Huronite<3> While the community is gone, the present day location for Huron is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Huron was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Huron was located: 254 Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Huron - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Louisiana, Michigan (3), Mississippi, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Huron. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Huron. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Huron. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Huron. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Huron. 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 Huron. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Huron. See our Newspapers Page for Huron. We originally found mention of Huron 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 Huron was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Huron.
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