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Welcome to Let ...

So far, we found very little information about Let. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Let to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Let, please Contact Us.


Let would have been located within present day Gilmer County<2>.


The location of Let has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Let, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1924.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Let is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Let was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Let once stood is in the (304) and (681)<5> area codes.

Communities near Let ...

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

  • Sutton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sutton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sutton
    • Sutton is located in Braxton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 969 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sutton <6>
  • Gassaway
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Grantsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Burnsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Flatwoods
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flatwoods have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flatwoods
    • Flatwoods is located in Braxton County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flatwoods <6>
  • Sand Fork
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sand Fork have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Fork
    • Sand Fork is located in Gilmer County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
  • Auburn
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Auburn have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
    • Auburn is located in Ritchie County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 88 people
  • Baldwin
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin
    • Baldwin is located in Gilmer County
  • Normantown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Alice
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alice
    • Alice is located in Gilmer County

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

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

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

Adding Let to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Let 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 Let was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Let post office opened in 1924.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Let.

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Let, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Gilmer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Let - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (681) is an overlay for area code (304).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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