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Welcome to Belo ...

Belo is located in Mingo County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Belo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1921.

Belo is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Belo, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Belo: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Belo ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Belo - it's located in North Carolina.

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

Communities near Belo ...

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

  • Williamson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Logan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Chapmanville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Man
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Man is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Man
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Man <4>
  • Inez
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Inez is located in Martin County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 614 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inez <4>
  • Delbarton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Matewan
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • West Logan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Kermit
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Mitchell Heights
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Mitchell Heights is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Belo ...

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

Adding Belo to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Belo 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 Belo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Belo post office opened in 1921. The Belo post office closed in 1938.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Belo.

Footnotes ...

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