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Welcome to Hominy Falls ...Hominy Falls is located in Nicholas County<1>. The location of Hominy Falls has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Hominy Falls, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888. Hominy Falls is 2,340 feet [713 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Hominy Falls is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Hominy Falls lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Hominy Falls: (304) & (681)<4> Communities near Hominy Falls ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hominy Falls.
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 Hominy Falls. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hominy Falls. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hominy Falls. 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 Hominy Falls. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hominy Falls. See our Newspapers Page for Hominy Falls. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hominy Falls ...Looking for more information about Hominy Falls? 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 Hominy Falls, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hominy Falls. Adding Hominy Falls to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Hominy Falls 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 Hominy Falls was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Hominy Falls in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Hominy Falls. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Hominy Falls. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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