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Welcome to Long Reach ...

Long Reach is located in Tyler County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Long Reach, you might consider that their post office opened in 1862.

Long Reach is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Long Reach: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Long Reach ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Long Reach - they are located in Maryland, New Brunswick and New Jersey.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Long Reach.

Communities near Long Reach ...

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

  • Marietta
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Marietta is located in Washington County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marietta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,364 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marietta <4>
  • New Martinsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Williamstown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Paden City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Woodsfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Saint Marys
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Harrisville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Sistersville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pennsboro
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Matamoras
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Matamoras is located in Washington County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matamoras
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 860 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Long Reach ...

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

Adding Long Reach to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Long Reach 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 (so far) for Long Reach was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Long Reach post office opened in 1862. The Long Reach post office closed in 1929.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Long Reach.

Footnotes ...

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