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Welcome to Echo ...

Echo is located in Wayne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Echo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Echo is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Echo: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Echo ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two West Virginia communities named Echo: This one is located in Wayne County and the other is located in Fayette County.

Beyond West Virginia, there are 34 communities that are also named Echo - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California (4), Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (3), Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Tennessee, Texas (3), Utah and Washington.

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

Communities near Echo ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Echo ...

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

Adding Echo to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Echo post office opened in 1882. The Echo post office closed in 1927.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Echo.

Footnotes ...

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