Welcome to Barlow ...

So far, we found very little information about Barlow. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Barlow to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Barlow, please Contact Us.

Barlow would have been located within present day Kanawha County<2>.

The location of Barlow has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Barlow, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Barlow is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Barlow was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Barlow once stood is in the (304) & (681)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Barlow ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Barlow - they are located in Alabama, British Columbia, California, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah and Yukon.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Barlow.

Communities near Barlow ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Barlow.

• Charleston
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
  • Charleston is located in Kanawha County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 45,879 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charleston <6>
• South Charleston
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Charleston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Charleston
  • South Charleston is located in Kanawha County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,036 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Charleston <6>
• Saint Albans
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Albans have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Albans
  • Saint Albans is located in Kanawha County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,763 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Albans <6>
• Dunbar
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
  • Dunbar is located in Kanawha County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,951 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunbar <6>
• Nitro
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nitro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nitro
  • Nitro is located in Kanawha County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,285 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nitro <6>
• Winfield
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
  • Winfield is located in Putnam County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,410 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Winfield <6>
• Chesapeake
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chesapeake have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chesapeake
  • Chesapeake is located in Kanawha County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,393 people
• Marmet
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marmet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmet
  • Marmet is located in Kanawha County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marmet <6>
• Belle
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Belle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle
  • Belle is located in Kanawha County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,108 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belle <6>
• Clendenin
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clendenin
  • Clendenin is located in Kanawha County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,098 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clendenin <6>

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 Barlow. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Barlow.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Barlow. 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 Barlow.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Barlow. See our Newspapers Page for Barlow.

Adding Barlow to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Barlow 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 for Barlow was on a map titled Map of West Virginia (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Barlow.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Kanawha County: www.kanawha.us/

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/