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Welcome to Cisco ...

Cisco is located in Ritchie County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cisco, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Cisco is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Cisco: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Cisco ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Cisco - they are located in Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas and Utah.

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

Communities near Cisco ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cisco ...

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

Adding Cisco to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cisco post office opened in 1882. The Cisco post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cisco.

Footnotes ...

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