Welcome to Slate ...Slate is located in Buchanan County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Slate, you might consider that their post office opened in 1938. Slate is 1,520 feet [463 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Slate lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Slate: 276 Communities Also Named Slate ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Slate - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas, North Carolina and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Slate. Communities near Slate ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Slate.
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 Slate. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Slate. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Slate. 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 Slate. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Slate. See our Newspapers Page for Slate. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Slate ...Looking for more information about Slate? 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 Slate, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Slate. Adding Slate to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Slate 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 Slate was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Slate. Footnotes ...
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