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Welcome to Bernie ...

So far, we found very little information about Bernie. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Bernie to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bernie, please Contact Us.


Bernie would have been located within present day Lincoln County<2>.


The location of Bernie has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Bernie, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1893.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Bernie is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Bernie was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Bernie once stood is in the (304) and (681)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Bernie ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Bernie - it's located in Missouri.

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

Communities near Bernie ...

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

  • Saint Albans
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Albans have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Albans
    • Saint Albans is located in Kanawha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,763 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Albans <6>
  • Dunbar
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Hurricane
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Nitro
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nitro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nitro
    • Nitro is located in Kanawha County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,285 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nitro <6>
  • Madison
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Milton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Milton is located in Cabell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,523 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <6>
  • Chapmanville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Hamlin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • West Hamlin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Hamlin have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hamlin
    • West Hamlin is located in Lincoln County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
  • Danville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

Adding Bernie to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bernie 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 Bernie was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Bernie post office opened in 1893.

We also found Bernie on a map titled Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bernie.

The official website for Lincoln County: www.co.lincoln.wv.us/

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bernie, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bernie - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (681) is an overlay for area code (304).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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