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Welcome to Abbeyville ...

Abbeyville is located in Gunnison County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Abbeyville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Abbeyville is 9,930 feet [3,027 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Abbeyville is about 1¾ mile [or ~3 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Abbeyville lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Abbeyville: 970 & 748<3>

The community of Abbeyville was previously named Hillerton.

Communities Also Named Abbeyville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Abbeyville - it's located in Ohio.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Abbeyville.

Communities near Abbeyville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Abbeyville ...

Looking for more information about Abbeyville? 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 Abbeyville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Abbeyville.

Adding Abbeyville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Abbeyville 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 (so far) for Abbeyville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Abbeyville post office opened in 1882. The Abbeyville post office closed in 1884.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Abbeyville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Gunnison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Abbeyville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 970 code has been Overlayed with the 748 area code. New phone numbers in the Abbeyville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 970 or 748. As a result, placing a call in the Abbeyville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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