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Welcome to West Florence ...

West Florence is located in Preble County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Florence, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837.

A typical abbreviation for West Florence: W. Florence

West Florence is 1,140 feet [347 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named West Florence ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named West Florence - it's located in South Carolina.

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

Communities near West Florence ...

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

  • Richmond
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Oxford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Eaton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Brookville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • New Lebanon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Centerville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Liberty
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Liberty is located in Union County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,000 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Liberty <3>
  • Camden
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lewisburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • New Paris
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for West Florence ...

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

Adding West Florence to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West Florence 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 West Florence was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the West Florence post office opened in 1837. The West Florence post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for West Florence.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Preble, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around West Florence - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/