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Welcome to Muddlety ...

Muddlety is located in Nicholas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Muddlety, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Muddlety is 1,850 feet [564 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Muddlety: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Muddlety ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Muddlety ...

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

Adding Muddlety to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Muddlety post office opened in 1882. The Muddlety post office closed in 1919.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Muddlety.

Footnotes ...

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