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Welcome to Greyeagle ...

Greyeagle is located in Mingo County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Greyeagle, you might consider that their post office opened in 1919.

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

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

Note: If you travel west from Greyeagle, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Greyeagle: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Greyeagle ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Greyeagle ...

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

Adding Greyeagle to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Greyeagle post office opened in 1919. The Greyeagle post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Greyeagle.

Footnotes ...

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