Welcome to Agate ...So far, we found very little information about Agate. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Agate to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Agate, please Contact Us. Agate would have been located within present day Grand County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Agate, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. While the community is gone, the present day location for Agate is 4,330 feet [1,320 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Agate is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Agate was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Agate was located: 435 Communities Also Named Agate ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Agate - they are located in British Columbia, Colorado, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ontario and Washington (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Agate. Communities near Agate ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Agate.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Agate. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Agate. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Agate. 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 Agate. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Agate. See our Newspapers Page for Agate. Adding Agate to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Agate 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 Agate was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Agate. Footnotes ...
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