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Welcome to Mount Athos ...So far, we found very little information about Mount Athos. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Mount Athos to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mount Athos, please Contact Us. Mount Athos would have been located within present day Campbell County<2>. The location of Mount Athos has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Mount Athos, you might consider that their post office opened in 1844. A typical abbreviation for Mount Athos: Mt. Athos While the community is gone, the present day location for Mount Athos is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Mount Athos was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Mount Athos would have been located in the (434) area code. Communities near Mount Athos ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mount Athos.
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 Mount Athos. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mount Athos. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mount Athos. 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 Mount Athos. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Athos. See our Newspapers Page for Mount Athos. Adding Mount Athos to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Mount Athos in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Mount Athos was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Mount Athos in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Mount Athos. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Campbell County: www.co.campbell.va.us/ The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/ Footnotes ...
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