Welcome to Florence ...So far, we found very little information about Florence. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Florence to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Florence, please Contact Us. Florence would have been located within present day Randolph County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Florence, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872. While the community is gone, the present day location for Florence is 2,800 feet [853 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Florence is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Florence was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Codes where Florence was located: 304 & 681<4> Communities Also Named Florence ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two West Virginia communities named Florence: This one is located in Randolph County and the other is located in Preston County. Beyond West Virginia, there are 63 communities that are also named Florence - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida (3), Georgia (2), Idaho, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky (2), Louisiana (2), Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey (2), New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (2), Nova Scotia, Ohio (4), Oklahoma, Ontario (3), Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, South Dakota (3), Tennessee (2), Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Florence. Communities near Florence ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Florence.
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 Florence. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Florence. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Florence. 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 Florence. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Florence. See our Newspapers Page for Florence. Adding Florence to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Florence 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 (so far) for Florence was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Florence. Footnotes ...
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