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Welcome to Lucasburg ...

Lucasburg is located in Guernsey County<1>.

The pronunciation of Lucasburg: LEW-kus-berg<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lucasburg, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Lucasburg is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Lucasburg: 740 & 220<4>

Communities near Lucasburg ...

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

  • Cambridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • New Concord
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Caldwell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Philo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Philo is located in Muskingum County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Philo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 728 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Philo <5>
  • Quaker City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Senecaville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant City
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Cumberland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Lore City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Old Washington
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lucasburg ...

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

Adding Lucasburg to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lucasburg 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 Lucasburg was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Lucasburg post office opened in 1903. The Lucasburg post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lucasburg.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Guernsey, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Lucasburg. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lucasburg - 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 Lucasburg area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Lucasburg 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.
<6>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/