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Welcome to Bays Heights ...

Bays Heights is located in Fayette County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Bays Heights: Bays Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Bays Heights for more information about variations on the name of Bays Heights.

Bays Heights is 2,040 feet [622 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bays Heights: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Bays Heights ...

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

  • Beckley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Fayetteville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Montgomery
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Ansted
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Mount Hope
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Mabscott
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Mabscott is located in Raleigh County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mabscott
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,251 people
  • Smithers
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Pratt
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Pratt is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
  • Gauley Bridge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Whitesville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Whitesville is located in Boone County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitesville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 416 people
    • Former names for Whitesville:
    • Jarrods Valley
    • Pritchard City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitesville <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bays Heights ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Fayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bays Heights - 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 Bays Heights area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Bays Heights 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.