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Welcome to Cressmont ...

Cressmont is located in Clay County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cressmont, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

Cressmont is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Cressmont: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Cressmont ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Cressmont - it's located in Kentucky.

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

Communities near Cressmont ...

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

  • Summersville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Gassaway
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Clay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Harrison
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Harrison is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
  • Spread
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Spread is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread
  • Gould
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Gould is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
  • Wattsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Wattsville is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
  • Widen
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Widen is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widen
  • Hartland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Hartland is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartland
  • Ira
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Ira is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cressmont ...

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

Adding Cressmont to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cressmont post office opened in 1907. The Cressmont post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cressmont.

Footnotes ...

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