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Welcome to Losie ...

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

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


Losie would have been located within present day Calhoun County<2>.


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


While we don't have a date for the founding of Losie, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1904.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Losie is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

If Losie still existed, it would have been in the (304) and (681)<5> area codes.

Communities near Losie ...

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

  • Spencer
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Sutton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • 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
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Grantsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Clay
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Orma
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orma
    • Orma is located in Calhoun County
  • Clem
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clem
    • Clem is located in Braxton County
  • Shock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shock
    • Shock is located in Gilmer County
  • Ira
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ira have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
    • Ira is located in Clay County
  • Wilsie
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsie
    • Wilsie is located in Braxton 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 Losie. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Losie.

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

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

Adding Losie to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Losie post office opened in 1904.

We also found Losie on a map titled Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Losie.

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 Losie, 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 Calhoun, 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 Losie - 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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