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Welcome to Evelyn ...So far, we found very little information about Evelyn. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Evelyn to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Evelyn, please Contact Us. Evelyn would have been located within present day Wirt County<2>. The location of Evelyn has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Evelyn, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882. While the community is gone, the present day location for Evelyn is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Evelyn was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time If Evelyn still existed, it would have been in the (304) & (681)<5> area codes. Communities Also Named Evelyn ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two West Virginia communities named Evelyn: This one is located in Wirt County and the other is located in Greenbrier County. Beyond West Virginia, there are 11 communities that are also named Evelyn - they are located in British Columbia, California, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ontario, South Dakota and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Evelyn. Communities near Evelyn ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Evelyn.
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 Evelyn. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Evelyn. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Evelyn. 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 Evelyn. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Evelyn. See our Newspapers Page for Evelyn. Adding Evelyn to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Evelyn 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 Evelyn was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Evelyn in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Evelyn. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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