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Welcome to Marytown ...

Marytown is located in McDowell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Marytown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Marytown is 1,170 feet [357 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Marytown: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Marytown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Marytown - it's located in Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Marytown ...

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

  • Welch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Welch is located in McDowell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Welch
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,575 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Welch <4>
  • Mullens
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Oceana
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Gary
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Gary is located in McDowell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 759 people
  • War
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • War is located in McDowell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for War
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 659 people
  • Pineville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Gilbert
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Northfork
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Bradshaw
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Iaeger
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Iaeger is located in McDowell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iaeger
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 232 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 Marytown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Marytown.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Marytown ...

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

Adding Marytown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Marytown post office opened in 1901. The Marytown post office closed in 1956.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Marytown.

Footnotes ...

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