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Welcome to Holstead ...So far, we found very little information about Holstead. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Holstead to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Holstead, please Contact Us. Holstead would have been located within present day Braxton County<2>. The location of Holstead has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Holstead, 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 Holstead is 1,700 feet [518 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Holstead was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time If Holstead still existed, it would have been in the (304) & (681)<5> area codes. Communities near Holstead ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Holstead.
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 Holstead. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Holstead. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Holstead. 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 Holstead. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Holstead. See our Newspapers Page for Holstead. Adding Holstead to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Holstead 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 Holstead was on a map titled Map of West Virginia (from Rand McNally, 1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Holstead. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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