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Welcome to Mooresville ...

Mooresville is located in Monongalia County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mooresville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1861.

Mooresville is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Mooresville: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Mooresville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Mooresville - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana (2), Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Mooresville ...

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

  • Morgantown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Fairmont
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Westover
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Waynesburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Masontown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Granville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Granville is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,156 people
  • Pleasant Valley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Pleasant Valley is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,141 people
  • Mannington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Star City
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Star City is located in Monongalia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,984 people
  • Fairchance
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mooresville ...

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

Adding Mooresville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mooresville post office opened in 1861. The Mooresville post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mooresville.

Footnotes ...

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