Welcome to Quaker ...Quaker is located in Wayne County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Quaker, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903. Quaker is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Quaker lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you leave Quaker and travel west, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Area Codes for Quaker: 304 & 681<3> Communities Also Named Quaker ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Quaker - they are located in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Ontario and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Quaker. Communities near Quaker ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Quaker.
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 Quaker. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Quaker. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Quaker. 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 Quaker. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Quaker. See our Newspapers Page for Quaker. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Quaker ...Looking for more information about Quaker? 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 Quaker, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Quaker. Adding Quaker to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Quaker 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 Quaker was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Quaker. Footnotes ...
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