Welcome to Dillon ...So far, we found very little information about Dillon. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Dillon to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dillon, please Contact Us. Dillon would have been located within present day Carbon County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Dillon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902. While the community is gone, the present day location for Dillon is 9,070 feet [2,765 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Dillon is about 1¾ mile [or ~2¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Dillon was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Dillon was located: 307 Communities Also Named Dillon ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Dillon - they are located in California, Colorado, Georgia (3), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi (2), Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Ontario, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dillon. Communities near Dillon ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dillon.
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 Dillon. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dillon. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dillon. 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 Dillon. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dillon. See our Newspapers Page for Dillon. Adding Dillon to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Dillon 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 Dillon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Dillon. Footnotes ...
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