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Welcome to O'Brien ...

So far, we found very little information about O'Brien. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added O'Brien to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with O'Brien, please Contact Us.

O'Brien would have been located within present day Barbour County<2>.


The location of O'Brien has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of O'Brien, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

While the community is gone, the present day location for O'Brien is 1,540 feet [469 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where O'Brien was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

O'Brien would have been located in the (304) and (681)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named O'Brien ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named O'Brien - they are located in California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario (3), Oregon, Texas and Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for O'Brien.

Communities near O'Brien ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near O'Brien.

  • Elkins
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Buckhannon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Grafton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Philippi
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Belington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Parsons
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Anmoore
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anmoore have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anmoore
    • Anmoore is located in Harrison County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 732 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Anmoore <6>
  • Beverly
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Junior
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junior have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junior
    • Junior is located in Barbour County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
  • Lost Creek
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lost Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lost Creek
    • Lost Creek is located in Harrison County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 462 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 O'Brien. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for O'Brien.

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

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

Adding O'Brien to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of O'Brien 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 O'Brien was on a map titled Map of West Virginia (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for O'Brien.

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 O'Brien, 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 Barbour, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around O'Brien - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (681) is an overlay for area code (304).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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