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Map of U.S. time zones with new CST and EST areas displayed. Some U.S. time zones, such as the Samoa Time Zone, are not on this map. This is a list of the time offsets by U.S. states, federal district, and territories. For more about the time zones of the U.S. see time in the United States. Most states are entirely contained within one time zone.
Before time zones were introduced, every place used local observation of the sun to set their clocks, which means they used local mean time, every city different based on their longitude. Detroit used 05:32:11 west of Greenwich and Menominee 05:50:27 west of Greenwich. Time zones were introduced in the United States in 1883.
Before the adoption of four standard time zones for the continental United States, many towns and cities set their clocks to noon when the sun passed their local meridian, pre-corrected for the equation of time on the date of observation, to form local mean solar time. Noon occurred at different times but time differences between distant ...
Time zones of the world. A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between countries and their subdivisions instead of strictly following longitude, because it is convenient for areas in frequent communication to keep the same time.
Orion Charter Township (/ ˈ ɒr i ə n / ORR-ee-ən) is a charter township of Oakland County, Michigan, United States. The population was 38,206 as of the 2020 census. [3] The official motto of the township and village is, "Where living is a vacation". [4] "Lake Orion" is often used to describe both the village and the township.
United States: State: ... 1,256.99/sq mi (485.36/km 2) Time zone: UTC-5 ... Belding's first public library was organized in 1890 by a group of civic-minded women who ...
Scottville is in central Mason County, 8 miles (13 km) east of the city of Ludington and Lake Michigan, 3 miles (5 km) west of the village of Custer, and 8 miles (13 km) southwest of the village of Fountain (11 miles (18 km) by road).
Location within the United States ... 1,851.70/sq mi (714.95/km 2) Time zone: UTC-5 ... : UTC-4 : ZIP code(s) 49426. Area code: 616: FIPS code: 26-39800 [2] GNIS ...