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Welcome to Canterbury ...

Canterbury is located in Mingo County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Canterbury, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Canterbury is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Canterbury: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Canterbury ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 21 communities that are also named Canterbury - they are located in Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Maryland (4), New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Quebec, South Carolina (3) and Virginia (3).

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

Communities near Canterbury ...

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

  • Williamson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Logan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Chapmanville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Inez
    (15 miles [24.1 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
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Matewan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • West Logan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Kermit
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Mitchell Heights
    (15 miles [24.1 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
  • Warfield
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Canterbury ...

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

Adding Canterbury to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Canterbury post office opened in 1895. The Canterbury post office closed in 1931.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Canterbury.

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 Canterbury - 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 Canterbury area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Canterbury 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/