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Welcome to Oldtown Flats ...

Oldtown Flats is located in Meigs County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Oldtown Flats: Oldtown Flts.

Oldtown Flats is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Oldtown Flats: 740 & 220<3>

Communities near Oldtown Flats ...

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

  • Point Pleasant
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Ravenswood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Ripley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Ripley is located in Jackson County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,139 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ripley <4>
  • Middleport
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Pomeroy
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • New Haven
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Mason
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Mason is located in Mason County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 920 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason <4>
  • Syracuse
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Racine
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hartford City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Hartford City is located in Mason County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 593 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 Oldtown Flats. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oldtown Flats.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oldtown Flats ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Meigs, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oldtown Flats - 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 Oldtown Flats area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Oldtown Flats 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.