Welcome to Berkshire ...Berkshire is located in Franklin County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Berkshire, you might consider that their post office opened in 1806. Berkshire is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Berkshire lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Berkshire: 802 Communities Also Named Berkshire ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Berkshire - they are located in Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Michigan, New York (2), Ohio and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Berkshire. Communities near Berkshire ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Berkshire.
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 Berkshire. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Berkshire. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Berkshire. 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 Berkshire. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Berkshire. See our Newspapers Page for Berkshire. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Berkshire ...Looking for more information about Berkshire? 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 Berkshire, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Berkshire. Adding Berkshire to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Berkshire 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 Berkshire was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Berkshire. Footnotes ...
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