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Welcome to Austen ...Austen is located in Preston County<1>. The location of Austen has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Austen, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. Austen is 1,620 feet [494 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Austen lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Austen: (304) & (681)<4> Communities near Austen ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Austen.
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 Austen. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Austen. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Austen. 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 Austen. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Austen. See our Newspapers Page for Austen. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Austen ...Looking for more information about Austen? 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 Austen, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Austen. Adding Austen to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Austen 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 Austen was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). We also found Austen on a map titled Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Austen. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Austen. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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