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Welcome to Huntsville ...

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

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

Huntsville would have been located within present day Jackson County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Huntsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.

When the people of Huntsville referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Huntsvillian<3>

While the community is gone, the present day location for Huntsville is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

The Area Codes where Huntsville was located: 304 & 681<5>

Communities Also Named Huntsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 27 communities that are also named Huntsville - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana (2), Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio (3), Ontario, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee (2), Texas, Utah, Vermont and Washington.

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

Communities near Huntsville ...

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

  • Point Pleasant
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Ravenswood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Gallipolis
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Ripley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Middleport
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Pomeroy
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Pomeroy is located in Meigs County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomeroy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,740 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pomeroy <6>
  • New Haven
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Buffalo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Mason
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Syracuse
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

Adding Huntsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Huntsville 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 Huntsville was in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Huntsville.

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 Huntsville, 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 Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Huntsville refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Huntsville may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Huntsville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>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 Huntsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Huntsville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.