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Welcome to Nelsonville ...Nelsonville is located Nelsonville is located in Austin County<1>. The location of Nelsonville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Nelsonville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872. Nelsonville is 300 feet [91 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Nelsonville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Nelsonville is within the (979) area code. Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Nelsonville - they are located in Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Wisconsin (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Nelsonville. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Nelsonville. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Nelsonville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Nelsonville. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Nelsonville. 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 Nelsonville. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Nelsonville. See our Newspapers Page for Nelsonville. Looking for more information about Nelsonville? 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 Nelsonville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Nelsonville. We originally found mention of Nelsonville 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 Nelsonville was on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911). We also found Nelsonville in the book titled .<5> From that list, the Nelsonville post office opened in 1872.
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