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Welcome to Lipps ...

Lipps is located in Wise County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lipps, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Lipps is 2,330 feet [710 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Lipps is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Lipps: 276

Communities near Lipps ...

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

  • Big Stone Gap
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Norton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Wise
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jenkins
    (11 miles [17.7 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
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Appalachia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Clintwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Pound
    (8 miles [12.9 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 Lipps. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lipps.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lipps ...

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

Adding Lipps to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lipps post office opened in 1887. The Lipps post office closed in 1932.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lipps.

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 Lipps - 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/