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Welcome to East River ...

So far, we found very little information about East River. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added East River to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with East River, please Contact Us.

East River would have been located within present day Mercer County<2>.


The location of East River has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of East River, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1842.

A typical abbreviation for East River: E. River

While the community is gone, the present day location for East River is 1,840 feet [561 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where East River was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

East River would have been located in the (304) and (681)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named East River ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named East River - they are located in Connecticut, Illinois, New York, Nova Scotia and Texas (3).

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

Communities near East River ...

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

  • Bluefield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Princeton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Bluefield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Pearisburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Narrows
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Narrows have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
    • Narrows is located in Giles County (VA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,949 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Narrows <6>
  • Athens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Rich Creek
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Peterstown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Pocahontas
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
    • Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County (VA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
  • Bramwell
    (15 miles [24.1 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 East River. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for East River.

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

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

Adding East River to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East River in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for East River was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the East River post office opened in 1842.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for East River.

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about East River, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Mercer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around East River - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (681) is an overlay for area code (304).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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