Welcome to Oldtown ...Oldtown is located in Grayson County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Oldtown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893. Oldtown is 2,540 feet [774 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Oldtown is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Oldtown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Oldtown: 276 Communities Also Named Oldtown ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Oldtown - they are located in Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oldtown. Communities near Oldtown ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Oldtown.
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 Oldtown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oldtown. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Oldtown. 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 Oldtown. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Oldtown. See our Newspapers Page for Oldtown. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oldtown ...Looking for more information about Oldtown? 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 Oldtown, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Oldtown. Adding Oldtown to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Oldtown 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 Oldtown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Oldtown. Footnotes ...
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