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Welcome to Festus ...Festus is located in Marion County<1>. The location of Festus has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Festus, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891. Festus is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Festus lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Festus: (304) & (681)<4> Communities Also Named Festus ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Festus - they are located in Florida and Missouri. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Festus. Communities near Festus ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Festus.
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 Festus. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Festus. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Festus. 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 Festus. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Festus. See our Newspapers Page for Festus. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Festus ...Looking for more information about Festus? 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 Festus, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Festus. Adding Festus to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Festus 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 for Festus was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Festus in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Festus. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Festus. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Marion County: www.marioncountywv.com/ The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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