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Welcome to Seaboard ...

Seaboard is located in Tazewell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Seaboard, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Seaboard is 2,230 feet [680 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Seaboard is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Seaboard: 276

Communities Also Named Seaboard ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Seaboard - they are located in Alabama, New Jersey and North Carolina.

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

Communities near Seaboard ...

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

  • Richlands
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Tazewell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Saltville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Honaker
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Cedar Bluff
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Grundy
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • War
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • War is located in McDowell County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
  • Bradshaw
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Harman
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Harman is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harman
  • Claypool Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Claypool Hill is located in Tazewell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claypool Hill

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Seaboard ...

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

Adding Seaboard to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Seaboard post office opened in 1904. The Seaboard post office closed in 1951.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Seaboard.

Footnotes ...

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