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Welcome to Breedlove ...So far, we found very little information about Breedlove. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Breedlove to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Breedlove, please Contact Us. Breedlove would have been located within present day Preston County<2>. The location of Breedlove has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Breedlove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902. While the community is gone, the present day location for Breedlove is 2,500 feet [762 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Breedlove is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Breedlove was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time If Breedlove still existed, it would have been in the (304) & (681)<5> area codes. Communities near Breedlove ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Breedlove.
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 Breedlove. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Breedlove. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Breedlove. 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 Breedlove. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Breedlove. See our Newspapers Page for Breedlove. Adding Breedlove to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Breedlove in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Breedlove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Breedlove on a map titled Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Breedlove. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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