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Welcome to Lubeck ...

Lubeck is located in Wood County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lubeck, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1856.

Lubeck is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lubeck: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Lubeck ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lubeck ...

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

Adding Lubeck to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lubeck post office opened in 1856.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lubeck.

Footnotes ...

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