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Welcome to Bulltown ...

Bulltown is located in Braxton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bulltown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1820.

Bulltown is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bulltown: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Bulltown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Bulltown - they are located in Arkansas and New Jersey.

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

Communities near Bulltown ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bulltown ...

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

Adding Bulltown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Bulltown post office opened in 1820. The Bulltown post office closed in 1931.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bulltown.

Footnotes ...

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