Welcome to Burkes Garden ...Burkes Garden is located in Tazewell County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Burkes Garden, you might consider that their post office opened in 1823. A typical abbreviation for Burkes Garden: Burkes Gdn. (or less commonly used: Burkes Gardn., Burkes Grden. or Burkes Grdn.) See our Genealogy Helper Page for Burkes Garden for more information about variations on the name of Burkes Garden. Burkes Garden is 3,070 feet [936 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Burkes Garden is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Burkes Garden lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Burkes Garden: 276 Communities near Burkes Garden ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Burkes Garden.
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 Burkes Garden. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Burkes Garden. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Burkes Garden. 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 Burkes Garden. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Burkes Garden. See our Newspapers Page for Burkes Garden. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Burkes Garden ...Looking for more information about Burkes Garden? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Burkes Garden, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Burkes Garden. Adding Burkes Garden to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Burkes Garden 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 Burkes Garden was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Burkes Garden in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Burkes Garden. Footnotes ...
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