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Welcome to Lazearville ...

Lazearville is located in Brooke County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lazearville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Lazearville is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lazearville: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Lazearville ...

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

  • Wheeling
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Weirton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Steubenville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Martins Ferry
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Toronto
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Toronto is located in Jefferson County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toronto
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,902 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Toronto <4>
  • Bellaire
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Bellaire is located in Belmont County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellaire
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,957 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bellaire <4>
  • Wintersville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Follansbee
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Bethlehem
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Bethlehem is located in Ohio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,298 people
  • Bridgeport
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lazearville ...

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

Adding Lazearville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lazearville post office opened in 1882. The Lazearville post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lazearville.

Footnotes ...

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