Welcome to Dombey ...

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

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

Dombey would have been located within present day Wood County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dombey, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Dombey is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

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

Communities near Dombey ...

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

• Parkersburg
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkersburg
  • Parkersburg is located in Wood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,009 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parkersburg <6>
• Marietta
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
  • Marietta is located in Washington County (OH)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,364 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marietta <6>
• Vienna
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vienna have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
  • Vienna is located in Wood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,028 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vienna <6>
• Belpre
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belpre
  • Belpre is located in Washington County (OH)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,356 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belpre <6>
• Ravenswood
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
  • Ravenswood is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,616 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ravenswood <6>
• Williamstown
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
  • Williamstown is located in Wood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,860 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williamstown <6>
• Elizabeth
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
  • Elizabeth is located in Wirt County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 819 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabeth <6>
• North Hills
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Hills have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hills
  • North Hills is located in Wood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
• Coolville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolville
  • Coolville is located in Athens County (OH)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 493 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coolville <6>
• Blennerhassett
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blennerhassett have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blennerhassett
  • Blennerhassett is located in Wood County

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

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

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

Adding Dombey to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dombey 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 for Dombey was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Dombey post office opened in 1890.

We also found Dombey in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dombey.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Wood County: www.woodcountywv.com/

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