RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of North Carolina >> Wilkes County >> MoxleyIndex...

Welcome to Moxley ...

Moxley is located in Wilkes County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Moxley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Moxley is 1,330 feet [405 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Moxley: 336 & 743<3>

Communities Also Named Moxley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Moxley - they are located in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky and Maryland.

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

Communities near Moxley ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Moxley ...

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

Adding Moxley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Moxley post office opened in 1901. The Moxley post office closed in 1951.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Moxley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Wilkes, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Moxley - 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 336 code has been Overlayed with the 743 area code. New phone numbers in the Moxley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the Moxley 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/