Welcome to Allingdale ...
Allingdale is located in Nicholas County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Allingdale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.
Allingdale is 2,020 feet [616 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Allingdale lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Allingdale: 304 & 681<3>
Communities near Allingdale ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Allingdale.
- Summersville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Richwood
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Richwood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richwood
- Richwood is located in Nicholas County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,842 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richwood <4>
- Addison
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Addison have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Addison is located in Webster County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Cowen
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Tioga
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Upperglade
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upperglade
- Upperglade is located in Webster County
- Halo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Halo. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halo
- Halo is located in Webster County
- Donald
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Donald. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donald
- Donald is located in Nicholas County
- Excelsior
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior
- Excelsior is located in Webster County
- Nettie
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
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 Allingdale. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Allingdale.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Allingdale. 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 Allingdale.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Allingdale. See our Newspapers Page for Allingdale.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Allingdale ...
Looking for more information about Allingdale? 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 Allingdale, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Allingdale.
Adding Allingdale to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Allingdale 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 Allingdale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Allingdale post office opened in 1905.
We also found Allingdale on a map titled Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Allingdale.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Nicholas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Allingdale - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Allingdale area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Allingdale area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |