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Welcome to Austinville ...

Austinville is located in Wythe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Austinville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1797.

Austinville is 2,130 feet [649 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Austinville is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Austinville: 276

The ZIP code for Austinville: 24312<3>

Communities Also Named Austinville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Austinville - they are located in Alabama, Iowa, Missouri and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Austinville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Austinville ...

Looking for more information about Austinville? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Austinville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Austinville.

Adding Austinville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Austinville post office opened in 1797.

We also found Austinville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (1803).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Austinville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Wythe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Austinville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Austinville). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Austinville or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<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 their list with background information can be found at:

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