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Welcome to Twistville ...So far, we found very little information about Twistville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Twistville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Twistville, please Contact Us. Twistville would have been located within present day Braxton County<2>. The location of Twistville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Twistville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872. While the community is gone, the present day location for Twistville is 1,010 feet [308 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Twistville was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Twistville once stood is in the (304) and (681)<5> area codes. Communities near Twistville ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Twistville.
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 Twistville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Twistville. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Twistville. 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 Twistville. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Twistville. See our Newspapers Page for Twistville. Adding Twistville to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Twistville 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 Twistville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Twistville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Twistville. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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