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Welcome to School House ...

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

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


School House would have been located within present day Jackson County<2>.


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


While we don't have a date for the founding of School House, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1884.

While the community is gone, the present day location for School House is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

The location where School House once stood is in the (304) and (681)<5> area codes.

Communities near School House ...

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

  • Point Pleasant
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point Pleasant have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Pleasant
    • Point Pleasant is located in Mason County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,017 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Point Pleasant <6>
  • Ravenswood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Gallipolis
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Ripley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Middleport
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middleport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleport
    • Middleport is located in Meigs County (OH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,391 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Middleport <6>
  • Pomeroy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pomeroy have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomeroy
    • Pomeroy is located in Meigs County (OH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,740 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pomeroy <6>
  • New Haven
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Buffalo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Mason
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mason have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
    • Mason is located in Mason County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 920 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason <6>
  • Syracuse
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Syracuse have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syracuse
    • Syracuse is located in Meigs County (OH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Syracuse <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 School House. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for School House.

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

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

Adding School House to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the School House post office opened in 1884.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for School House.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about School House, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around School House - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (681) is an overlay for area code (304).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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