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Welcome to Mercerville ...

Mercerville is located in Gallia County<1>.

The pronunciation of Mercerville: MURR-sir-vil<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mercerville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1842.

Mercerville is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Mercerville: 740 & 220<4>

Communities Also Named Mercerville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Mercerville - it's located in New Jersey.

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

Websites for Mercerville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.galliacounty.org/

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

Communities near Mercerville ...

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

  • Huntington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Barboursville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Point Pleasant
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Gallipolis
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Milton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Milton is located in Cabell County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,523 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <5>
  • Buffalo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Buffalo is located in Putnam County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,263 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buffalo <5>
  • Rio Grande
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Chesapeake
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Proctorville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Crown City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Crown City is located in Gallia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crown City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 399 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 Mercerville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mercerville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mercerville ...

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

Adding Mercerville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mercerville post office opened in 1842. The Mercerville post office closed in 1952.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mercerville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Gallia, 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 Mercerville. 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 Mercerville - 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 Mercerville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Mercerville 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/