Welcome to Landes ...
Landes is located in Grant County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Landes, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.
Landes is 1,090 feet [332 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Landes lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Landes: 304 & 681<3>
Communities Also Named Landes ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Landes - it's located in Illinois.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Landes.
Communities near Landes ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Landes.
- Petersburg
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Petersburg is located in Grant County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,683 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petersburg <4>
- Moorefield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moorefield
- Moorefield is located in Hardy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,391 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moorefield <4>
- Franklin
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
- Franklin is located in Pendleton County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin <4>
- Harman
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harman
- Harman is located in Randolph County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harman <4>
- Brushy Run
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brushy Run
- Brushy Run is located in Pendleton County
- Dorcas
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorcas
- Dorcas is located in Grant County
- Hopeville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest) - Peru
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast) - Kline
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south) - Durgon
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
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 Landes. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Landes.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Landes. 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 Landes.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Landes. See our Newspapers Page for Landes.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Landes ...
Looking for more information about Landes? 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 Landes, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Landes.
Adding Landes to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Landes 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 Landes was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
X2X - From that list, the Landes post office opened in 1897.
We also found Landes on a map titled Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Landes.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Landes. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Grant, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Landes - 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 Landes area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Landes 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |