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Welcome to Osbornville ...

Osbornville is located in Wilkes County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Osbornville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

Osbornville is 1,060 feet [323 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Osbornville: 336 & 743<3>

Communities Also Named Osbornville ...

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

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

Communities near Osbornville ...

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

  • North Wilkesboro
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Elkin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Wilkesboro
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Yadkinville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Jonesville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Taylorsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Boonville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Arlington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Arlington is located in Yadkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
  • Harmony
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Ronda
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Osbornville ...

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

Adding Osbornville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Osbornville post office opened in 1875. The Osbornville post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Osbornville.

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 Osbornville - 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 Osbornville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the Osbornville 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/