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Welcome to Northup ...

Northup is located in Gallia County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Northup, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

Northup is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Northup: 740 & 220<3>

Communities Also Named Northup ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Northup - it's located in Kentucky.

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

Websites for Northup ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.galliacounty.org/

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

Communities near Northup ...

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

  • Point Pleasant
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Gallipolis
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Middleport
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Oak Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Buffalo
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • 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 <4>
  • Rio Grande
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Rutland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Crown City
    (13 miles [20.9 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
  • Athalia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Athalia is located in Lawrence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Athalia
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
  • Henderson
    (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 Northup. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Northup.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Northup ...

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

Adding Northup to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Northup 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 Northup was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Northup post office opened in 1858.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Northup.

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 elevation is an estimate for the area around Northup - 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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Northup area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Northup 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/