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Welcome to Hazelwood ...

So far, we found very little information about Hazelwood. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Hazelwood to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Hazelwood, please Contact Us.


Hazelwood would have been located within present day Randolph County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hazelwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Hazelwood is 2,480 feet [756 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Hazelwood is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Hazelwood was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Hazelwood was located: 304 & 681<4>

Communities Also Named Hazelwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 25 communities that are also named Hazelwood - they are located in Delaware, Georgia, Indiana (3), Kansas, Kentucky (2), Louisiana (2), Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Virginia and Washington (2).

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

Communities near Hazelwood ...

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

  • Elkins
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Parsons
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Beverly
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Davis
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Thomas
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Hendricks
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Hendricks is located in Tucker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
  • Hambleton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Hambleton is located in Tucker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambleton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
  • Montrose
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Montrose is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
  • Dryfork
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Evenwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Evenwood is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evenwood

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

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

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

Adding Hazelwood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hazelwood 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 Hazelwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Hazelwood post office opened in 1907. The Hazelwood post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hazelwood.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Hazelwood, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Randolph, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hazelwood - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Hazelwood area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Hazelwood area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/