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Welcome to Edgar ...So far, we found very little information about Edgar. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Edgar to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Edgar, please Contact Us. Edgar would have been located within present day Jackson County<2>. The location of Edgar has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Edgar, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887. While the community is gone, the present day location for Edgar is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Edgar was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Edgar would have been located in the (304) and (681)<5> area codes. Communities Also Named Edgar ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Edgar - they are located in California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Edgar. Communities near Edgar ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Edgar.
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 Edgar. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Edgar. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Edgar. 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 Edgar. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Edgar. See our Newspapers Page for Edgar. Adding Edgar to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Edgar 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 Edgar was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Edgar in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Edgar. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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