Welcome to East ...

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

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

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

The location of East 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, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

While the community is gone, the present day location for East is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

The location where East once stood is in the (304) and (681)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named East ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named East - they are located in New Jersey, New York and Tennessee.

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

Communities near East ...

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

• Charleston
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
  • Charleston is located in Kanawha County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 45,879 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charleston <6>
• South Charleston
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for South Charleston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Charleston
  • South Charleston is located in Kanawha County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,036 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for South Charleston <6>
• Saint Albans
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Albans have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Albans
  • Saint Albans is located in Kanawha County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,763 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Albans <6>
• Dunbar
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunbar
  • Dunbar is located in Kanawha County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,951 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dunbar <6>
• Hurricane
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurricane
  • Hurricane is located in Putnam County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,389 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurricane <6>
• Nitro
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nitro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nitro
  • Nitro is located in Kanawha County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,285 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nitro <6>
• Madison
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
  • Madison is located in Boone County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,616 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison <6>
• Milton
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
  • Milton is located in Cabell County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,523 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <6>
• Marmet
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marmet have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marmet
  • Marmet is located in Kanawha County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,351 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marmet <6>
• Chapmanville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapmanville
  • Chapmanville is located in Logan County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,078 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chapmanville <6>

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

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

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

Adding East to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East 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 was on a map titled Map of West Virginia (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for East.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Lincoln County: www.co.lincoln.wv.us/

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