Welcome to Mantua ...So far, we found very little information about Mantua. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Mantua to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mantua, please Contact Us. Mantua was located Mantua would have been located within present day Collin County<2>. The pronunciation of Mantua: MAN-too-AY<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Mantua, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858. Time Zone: The area where Mantua was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Mantua - they are located in Alabama, Kansas, Maryland, New Jersey, Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia (2) and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mantua. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mantua. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Mantua. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mantua. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mantua. 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 Mantua. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mantua. See our Newspapers Page for Mantua. The earliest source (so far) we've referenced which mentioned Mantua was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Mantua.
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