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Welcome to Oldtown ...

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

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

Oldtown would have been located within present day Mason County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oldtown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Oldtown is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Oldtown was located: 304 & 681<4>

Communities Also Named Oldtown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Oldtown - they are located in Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

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

Communities near Oldtown ...

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

  • Point Pleasant
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Ravenswood
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Gallipolis
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Middleport
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Pomeroy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Pomeroy is located in Meigs County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomeroy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,740 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pomeroy <5>
  • New Haven
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Mason
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Syracuse
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Rio Grande
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Racine
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Racine is located in Meigs County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 654 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Racine <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 Oldtown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oldtown.

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

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

Adding Oldtown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oldtown in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Oldtown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Oldtown post office opened in 1891. The Oldtown post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oldtown.

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 Oldtown, 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 Mason, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oldtown - 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 Oldtown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Oldtown 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>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/