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Welcome to Dorfee ...

Dorfee is located in Clay County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dorfee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

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

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

Area Codes for Dorfee: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Dorfee ...

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

  • Montgomery
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Clendenin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Smithers
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Pratt
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Pratt is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 552 people
  • Gauley Bridge
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Clay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Procious
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Procious is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Procious
  • Porter
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Porter is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Porter
  • Pigeon
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Pigeon is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon
  • Spread
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Spread is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dorfee ...

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

Adding Dorfee to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Dorfee post office opened in 1904. The Dorfee post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dorfee.

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