Welcome to Hollywood ...

Hollywood is located in Monroe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Hollywood, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1884.

Hollywood is 2,170 feet [661 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Hollywood is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area codes for Hollywood: (304) and (681)<3>

Communities Also Named Hollywood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 52 communities that are also named Hollywood - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia (3), Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana (5), Maryland (4), Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (2), Oklahoma, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania (4), South Carolina (4), Tennessee (3), Texas, Virginia (4) and Washington.

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

Communities near Hollywood ...

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

• Lewisburg
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
  • Lewisburg is located in Greenbrier County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,766 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewisburg <4>
• White Sulphur Springs
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Sulphur Springs
  • White Sulphur Springs is located in Greenbrier County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,325 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Sulphur Springs <4>
• Ronceverte
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ronceverte
  • Ronceverte is located in Greenbrier County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,649 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ronceverte <4>
• Alderson
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alderson
  • Alderson is located in Greenbrier County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,111 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alderson <4>
• Union
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
  • Union is located in Monroe County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
• New Castle
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Castle
  • New Castle is located in Craig County (VA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Castle <4>
• Rockland
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockland have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
  • Rockland is located in Greenbrier County
• Fort Spring
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spring
  • Fort Spring is located in Greenbrier County
• Wolfcreek
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfcreek
  • Wolfcreek is located in Monroe County
• Caldwell
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caldwell
  • Caldwell is located in Greenbrier County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caldwell <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hollywood ...

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

Adding Hollywood to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Hollywood post office opened in 1884.

We also found Hollywood in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hollywood.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hollywood. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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