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Welcome to Jumbo ...

Jumbo is located in Webster County<1>.

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

Jumbo is 1,660 feet [506 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Jumbo: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Jumbo ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Jumbo - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Nevada (2), New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas (2) and Virginia.

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

Communities near Jumbo ...

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

  • Sutton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Addison
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Addison is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
  • Cowen
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Flatwoods
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Camden-on-Gauley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Camden-on-Gauley is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden-on-Gauley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
  • Big Run
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Big Run is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
  • Ralph
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Ralph is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ralph
  • Hacker Valley
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Excelsior
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Excelsior is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior
  • Florence ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Florence is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florence

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Jumbo ...

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

Adding Jumbo to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Jumbo post office opened in 1884. The Jumbo post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jumbo.

Footnotes ...

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