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Welcome to Moonville ...

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

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

Moonville would have been located within present day Vinton County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Moonville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1857.

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

The Area Codes where Moonville was located: 740 & 220<3>

Communities Also Named Moonville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Moonville - they are located in Indiana and South Carolina.

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

Communities near Moonville ...

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

  • Athens
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Logan
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Wellston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Nelsonville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nelsonville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nelsonville
    • Nelsonville is located in Athens County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,119 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nelsonville <4>
  • Glouster
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Glouster have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glouster
    • Glouster is located in Athens County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,779 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Glouster <4>
  • McArthur
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McArthur have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McArthur
    • McArthur is located in Vinton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,620 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McArthur <4>
  • Chauncey
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chauncey have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
    • Chauncey is located in Athens County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
  • Albany
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hamden
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • New Straitsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Straitsville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Straitsville
    • New Straitsville is located in Perry County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 715 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Straitsville <4>

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

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

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

Adding Moonville to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Moonville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Moonville post office opened in 1857.

We also found Moonville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Moonville.

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

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 Moonville, 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 Vinton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Moonville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Moonville 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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