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Welcome to Dooley ...

Dooley is located in Wise County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dooley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Dooley is 2,000 feet [610 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Dooley: 276

Communities Also Named Dooley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Dooley - they are located in Arkansas, Indiana, Mississippi, Montana and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Dooley ...

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

  • Big Stone Gap
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Wise
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jenkins
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Jenkins is located in Letcher County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jenkins
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,895 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jenkins <3>
  • Cumberland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Coeburn
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Whitesburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Appalachia
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Clintwood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Pound
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Saint Paul
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dooley ...

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

Adding Dooley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Dooley post office opened in 1901. The Dooley post office closed in 1932.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dooley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Wise, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dooley - 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/