RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of West Virginia >> Mercer County >> LovernIndex...

Welcome to Lovern ...

Lovern is located in Mercer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lovern, you might consider that their post office opened in 1920.

Lovern is 1,840 feet [561 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lovern: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Lovern ...

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

  • Princeton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Pearisburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hinton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Narrows
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Narrows is located in Giles County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,949 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Narrows <4>
  • Pembroke
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Athens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Rich Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Peterstown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Oakvale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Oakvale is located in Mercer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakvale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
  • Glen Lyn
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Glen Lyn is located in Giles County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Lyn
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 97 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 Lovern. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lovern.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lovern ...

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

Adding Lovern to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lovern 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 Lovern was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Lovern post office opened in 1920. The Lovern post office closed in 1967.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lovern.

Footnotes ...

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