Welcome to Van Clevesville ...

Van Clevesville is located in Berkeley County<1>.

The location of Van Clevesville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Van Clevesville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1850.

Van Clevesville is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Van Clevesville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Telephone area codes for Van Clevesville: (304) and (681)<4>

Websites for Van Clevesville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.berkeleycounty.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Van Clevesville, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Van Clevesville ...

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

• Hagerstown
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hagerstown
  • Hagerstown is located in Washington County (MD)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,918 people
  • Former name for Hagerstown:
  • Hager's Town
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hagerstown <5>
• Martinsburg
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
  • Martinsburg is located in Berkeley County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,514 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Martinsburg <5>
• Brunswick
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunswick
  • Brunswick is located in Frederick County (MD)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,652 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brunswick <5>
• Charles Town
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles Town
  • Charles Town is located in Jefferson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,015 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charles Town <5>
• Ranson
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ranson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranson
  • Ranson is located in Jefferson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,360 people
  • Ranson has also been known as:
  • Corporation of Ranson
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ranson <5>
• Middletown
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middletown have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
  • Middletown is located in Frederick County (MD)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,910 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Middletown <5>
• Berryville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berryville
  • Berryville is located in Clarke County (VA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,369 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berryville <5>
• Boonsboro
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boonsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsboro
  • Boonsboro is located in Washington County (MD)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,655 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boonsboro <5>
• Lovettsville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovettsville
  • Lovettsville is located in Loudoun County (VA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,267 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lovettsville <5>
• Williamsport
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williamsport have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamsport
  • Williamsport is located in Washington County (MD)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,074 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williamsport <5>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Van Clevesville ...

Looking for more information about Van Clevesville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Van Clevesville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Van Clevesville.

Adding Van Clevesville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Van Clevesville 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 Van Clevesville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Van Clevesville post office opened in 1850.

We also found Van Clevesville in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Van Clevesville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Van Clevesville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Berkeley County: www.berkeleycountycomm.org/

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