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Welcome to Grape Island ...

Grape Island is located in Pleasants County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grape Island, you might consider that their post office opened in 1827.

A typical abbreviation for Grape Island: Grape Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Grape Island is 630 feet [192 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Grape Island: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Grape Island ...

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

  • Marietta
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Marietta is located in Washington County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,364 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marietta <4>
  • Williamstown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Paden City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Harrisville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sistersville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Pennsboro
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Matamoras
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Matamoras is located in Washington County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matamoras
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people
  • Belmont
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Belmont is located in Pleasants County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmont
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
  • North Hills
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • North Hills is located in Wood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 766 people
  • Middlebourne
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grape Island ...

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

Adding Grape Island to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Grape Island post office opened in 1827. The Grape Island post office closed in 1924.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grape Island.

Footnotes ...

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