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Welcome to Landisburg ...

Landisburg is located in Fayette County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Landisburg, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909.

Landisburg is 2,490 feet [759 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Landisburg is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Landisburg: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Landisburg ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Landisburg - it's located in Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Landisburg ...

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

  • Beckley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Oak Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Fayetteville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Rainelle
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Ansted
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Hope
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Rupert
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Gauley Bridge
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Meadow Bridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Meadow Bridge is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bridge
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
  • Quinwood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Quinwood is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quinwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 260 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Landisburg ...

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

Adding Landisburg to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Landisburg 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 Landisburg was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Landisburg post office opened in 1909. The Landisburg post office closed in 1964.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Landisburg.

Footnotes ...

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