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Welcome to Home ...

Home is located in Braxton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Home, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Home is 1,050 feet [320 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Home: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Home ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Home - they are located in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Ohio (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washington.

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

Communities near Home ...

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

  • Glenville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Sutton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Gassaway
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Burnsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Flatwoods
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Sand Fork
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Sand Fork is located in Gilmer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Fork
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
  • Exchange
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Wilsie
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Wilsie is located in Braxton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsie
  • Frametown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Frametown is located in Braxton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frametown
  • Lloydsville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Lloydsville is located in Braxton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloydsville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Home ...

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

Adding Home to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Home 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 (so far) for Home was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Home post office opened in 1887. The Home post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Home.

Footnotes ...

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