Welcome to New Thacker ...
So far, we found very little information about New Thacker. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added New Thacker to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with New Thacker, please Contact Us.
New Thacker would have been located within present day Mingo County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of New Thacker, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.
While the community is gone, the present day location for New Thacker is 1,010 feet [308 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where New Thacker was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where New Thacker was located: 304 & 681<4>
Communities near New Thacker ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near New Thacker.
- Williamson
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamson
- Williamson is located in Mingo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,616 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Williamson <5>
- Logan
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Logan is located in Logan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,447 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Logan <5>
- Man
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Man
- Man is located in Logan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Man <5>
- Delbarton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delbarton
- Delbarton is located in Mingo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 487 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delbarton <5>
- Matewan
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Matewan have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matewan
- Matewan is located in Mingo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 415 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Matewan <5>
- Gilbert
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gilbert have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
- Gilbert is located in Mingo County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 378 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gilbert <5>
- Iaeger
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast) - Buskirk
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buskirk
- Buskirk is located in Pike County (KY)
- McCarr
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for McCarr have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCarr
- McCarr is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McCarr <5>
- Phelps
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Phelps. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phelps
- Phelps is located in Pike County (KY)
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Phelps <5>
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 New Thacker. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for New Thacker.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of New Thacker. 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 New Thacker.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around New Thacker. See our Newspapers Page for New Thacker.
Adding New Thacker to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of New Thacker 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 New Thacker was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>
X2X - From that list, the New Thacker post office opened in 1907.
We also found New Thacker on a map titled Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for New Thacker.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about New Thacker, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Mingo, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around New Thacker - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 New Thacker area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the New Thacker area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |