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Welcome to Ready Branch ...

Ready Branch is located in Wilkes County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ready Branch, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

A typical abbreviation for Ready Branch: Ready Br. (or less commonly used: Ready Brnch.)

Ready Branch is 1,350 feet [411 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Ready Branch: 336 & 743<3>

Communities near Ready Branch ...

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

  • Boone
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Boone is located in Watauga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,003 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boone <4>
  • Lenoir
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Lenoir is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoir
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,911 people
    • Former name for Lenoir:
    • Tucker's Barn
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lenoir <4>
  • North Wilkesboro
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Wilkesboro
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Taylorsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Blowing Rock
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • West Jefferson
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Cedar Rock
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Cedar Rock is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Rock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
    • Cedar Rock has also been known as:
    • Cedar Rock village
  • Purlear
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Purlear is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purlear
  • Adley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Adley is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adley

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ready Branch ...

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

Adding Ready Branch to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ready Branch in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Ready Branch was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Ready Branch post office opened in 1876. The Ready Branch post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ready Branch.

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