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Welcome to Houstonville ...

Houstonville is located in Iredell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Houstonville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1813.

Houstonville is 910 feet [277 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Houstonville: 704 & 980<3>

Communities Also Named Houstonville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two North Carolina communities named Houstonville: This one is located in Iredell County and the other is located in Davie County.

Beyond North Carolina, there are 3 communities that are also named Houstonville - they are located in Alabama and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Houstonville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Houstonville ...

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

Adding Houstonville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Houstonville 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 Houstonville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Houstonville post office opened in 1813. The Houstonville post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Houstonville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Iredell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Houstonville - 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 704 code has been Overlayed with the 980 area code. New phone numbers in the Houstonville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 704 or 980. As a result, placing a call in the Houstonville 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/