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Welcome to Fanny ...

Fanny is located in Wyoming County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fanny, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909.

Fanny is 1,230 feet [375 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Fanny: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Fanny ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Fanny - it's located in Louisiana.

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

Communities near Fanny ...

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

  • Welch
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Mullens
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Oceana
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Gary
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Gary is located in McDowell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 759 people
  • War
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • War is located in McDowell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
  • Man
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Pineville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Gilbert
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Davy
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Davy is located in McDowell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 324 people
  • Northfork
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fanny ...

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

Adding Fanny to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Fanny post office opened in 1909. The Fanny post office closed in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fanny.

Footnotes ...

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