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Welcome to Clemtown ...

Clemtown is located in Barbour County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Clemtown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1881.

Clemtown is 1,810 feet [552 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Clemtown: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Clemtown ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Clemtown ...

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

Adding Clemtown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Clemtown 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 Clemtown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Clemtown post office opened in 1881.

We also found Clemtown in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Clemtown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Barbour, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Clemtown - 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 Clemtown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Clemtown 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>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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