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Welcome to Lone Cedar ...

Lone Cedar is located in Jackson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lone Cedar, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1869.

Lone Cedar is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lone Cedar: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Lone Cedar ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Lone Cedar - they are located in Texas and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lone Cedar.

Communities near Lone Cedar ...

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

  • Parkersburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Vienna
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vienna have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
    • Vienna is located in Wood County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,028 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vienna <4>
  • Belpre
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belpre
    • Belpre is located in Washington County (OH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,356 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belpre <4>
  • Ravenswood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Ripley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Middleport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middleport have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleport
    • Middleport is located in Meigs County (OH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,391 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Middleport <4>
  • Pomeroy
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pomeroy. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomeroy
    • Pomeroy is located in Meigs County (OH)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,740 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pomeroy <4>
  • New Haven
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Mason
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mason have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
    • Mason is located in Mason County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 920 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason <4>
  • Elizabeth
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lone Cedar ...

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

Adding Lone Cedar to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lone Cedar in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lone Cedar was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Lone Cedar post office opened in 1869.

We also found Lone Cedar in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lone Cedar.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lone Cedar. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lone Cedar - 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 Lone Cedar area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Lone Cedar 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>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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<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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