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Welcome to Dean ...

So far, we found very little information about Dean. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Dean to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dean, please Contact Us.

Dean would have been located within present day Lawrence County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dean, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Dean is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Dean was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Dean was located: 740 & 220<4>

Communities Also Named Dean ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Ohio communities named Dean: This one is located in Lawrence County and the other is located in Montgomery County.

Beyond Ohio, there are 30 communities that are also named Dean - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, California, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (2), Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New York, North Carolina (2), Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee (2), Texas (4), Washington (2) and West Virginia.

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

Websites for Dean ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.lawrencecountyohio.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Dean, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Dean ...

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

  • Ashland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Ashland is located in Boyd County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,070 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ashland <5>
  • Portsmouth
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Ironton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Flatwoods
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • South Point
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Russell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Russell is located in Greenup County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Russell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,207 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Russell <5>
  • Kenova
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Kenova is located in Wayne County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kenova
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,943 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kenova <5>
  • Raceland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Raceland is located in Greenup County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raceland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,338 people
  • New Boston
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Coal Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Coal Grove is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Grove
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,048 people

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

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

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

Adding Dean to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dean 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 Dean was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dean.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Dean, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Lawrence, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dean - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Dean area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Dean area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.