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Welcome to Laurel Junction ...So far, we found very little information about Laurel Junction. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Laurel Junction to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Laurel Junction, please Contact Us. Laurel Junction would have been located within present day Ritchie County<2>. The location of Laurel Junction has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Laurel Junction, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875. A typical abbreviation for Laurel Junction: Laurel Jct. (or less commonly used: Laurel Jctn.) While the community is gone, the present day location for Laurel Junction is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Laurel Junction was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Laurel Junction once stood is in the (304) & (681)<5> area codes. Communities Also Named Laurel Junction ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Laurel Junction - it's located in Pennsylvania. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Laurel Junction. Communities near Laurel Junction ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Laurel Junction.
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 Laurel Junction. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Laurel Junction. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Laurel Junction. 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 Laurel Junction. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Laurel Junction. See our Newspapers Page for Laurel Junction. Adding Laurel Junction to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Laurel Junction 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 for Laurel Junction was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Laurel Junction. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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