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Welcome to Newberne ...

Newberne is located in Gilmer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Newberne, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Newberne is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Newberne: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Newberne ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Newberne ...

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

Adding Newberne to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Newberne post office opened in 1886. The Newberne post office closed in 1994.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Newberne.

Footnotes ...

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