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Welcome to Holly Meadows ...

Holly Meadows is located in Tucker County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Holly Meadows, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1858.

A typical abbreviation for Holly Meadows: Holly Mdws.

Holly Meadows is 1,710 feet [521 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Holly Meadows: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Holly Meadows ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Holly Meadows - it's located in North Carolina.

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

Communities near Holly Meadows ...

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

  • Elkins
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Philippi
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Belington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Davis
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Rowlesburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Thomas
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Thomas have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas
    • Thomas is located in Tucker County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 545 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thomas <4>
  • Junior
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junior have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junior
    • Junior is located in Barbour County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
  • Newburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Tunnelton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Bayard
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayard
    • Bayard is located in Grant County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 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 Holly Meadows. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Holly Meadows.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Holly Meadows ...

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

Adding Holly Meadows to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Holly Meadows in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Holly Meadows was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Holly Meadows post office opened in 1858.

We also found Holly Meadows in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Holly Meadows.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Tucker, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Holly Meadows - 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 Holly Meadows area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Holly Meadows 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/