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Welcome to Locust Lane ...So far, we found very little information about Locust Lane. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Locust Lane to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Locust Lane, please Contact Us. Locust Lane would have been located within present day Mason County<2>. The location of Locust Lane has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Locust Lane, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1911. While the community is gone, the present day location for Locust Lane is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Locust Lane was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time If Locust Lane still existed, it would have been in the (304) & (681)<5> area codes. Communities near Locust Lane ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Locust Lane.
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 Locust Lane. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Locust Lane. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Locust Lane. 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 Locust Lane. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Locust Lane. See our Newspapers Page for Locust Lane. Adding Locust Lane to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Locust Lane 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 Locust Lane was on a map titled Map of West Virginia (from Rand McNally, 1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Locust Lane. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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