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Welcome to Thivener ...

Thivener is located in Gallia County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Thivener, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

Thivener is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Thivener: 740 & 220<3>

Websites for Thivener ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.galliacounty.org/

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

Communities near Thivener ...

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

  • Point Pleasant
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Gallipolis
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Buffalo
    (16 miles [25.7 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
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Crown City
    (10 miles [16.1 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
    (15 miles [24.1 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)
  • Vinton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Leon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Leon is located in Mason County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
  • Cheshire
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cheshire is located in Gallia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheshire
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 127 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 Thivener. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Thivener.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Thivener ...

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

Adding Thivener to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Thivener post office opened in 1850. The Thivener post office closed in 1938.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Thivener.

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 Thivener - 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 Thivener area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Thivener 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/