Welcome to Little Wildcat ...
So far, we found very little information about Little Wildcat. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Little Wildcat to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Little Wildcat, please Contact Us.
Little Wildcat would have been located within present day Lewis County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Little Wildcat, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Little Wildcat is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Little Wildcat was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Little Wildcat was located: 304 & 681<4>
Communities near Little Wildcat ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Little Wildcat.
- Sutton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Gassaway
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Addison
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Addison is located in Webster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
- Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
- Burnsville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Flatwoods
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Kanawha Head
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Kanawha Head is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kanawha Head
- Falls Mill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Falls Mill is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falls Mill
- Bulltown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Bulltown is located in Braxton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bulltown
- Goshen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Goshen is located in Upshur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goshen
- Hacker Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
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 Little Wildcat. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Little Wildcat.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Little Wildcat. 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 Little Wildcat.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Little Wildcat. See our Newspapers Page for Little Wildcat.
Adding Little Wildcat to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Little Wildcat 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 Little Wildcat was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Little Wildcat post office opened in 1870. The Little Wildcat post office closed in 1895.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Little Wildcat.
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 Little Wildcat, 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 Lewis, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Little Wildcat - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 Little Wildcat area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Little Wildcat area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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/ |