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Welcome to Giatto ...

Giatto is located in Mercer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Giatto, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Giatto is 2,390 feet [728 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Giatto is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Giatto: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Giatto ...

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

  • Bluefield
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Princeton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Bluefield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Welch
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Welch is located in McDowell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,575 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Welch <4>
  • Mullens
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Sophia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Athens
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Gary
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Gary is located in McDowell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 759 people
  • Pineville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Pocahontas
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Giatto ...

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

Adding Giatto to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Giatto post office opened in 1892. The Giatto post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Giatto.

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Giatto - 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 Giatto area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Giatto 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/