Welcome to Holmes ...So far, we found very little information about Holmes. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Holmes to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Holmes - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Holmes, please Contact Us. While we don't have the exact location of Holmes , we believe that it would have been located within present day Albany County<2>. Holmes was founded in 1901. The origin (or the toponymy) of Holmes: Named after Avery T. Holmes, manager of a mine in the area. Time Zone: The area where Holmes was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Holmes was located: 307 Communities Also Named Holmes ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Holmes - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan (2), Minnesota, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas, Washington and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Holmes. Adding Holmes to Our Gazetteer ...The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Holmes was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3> We also found Holmes on a map titled Shell Oil Road Map for Wyoming (1956). For more details, see References and Mentions for Holmes. Footnotes ...
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