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Welcome to Organ Cave ...

Organ Cave is located in Greenbrier County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Organ Cave, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Organ Cave is 2,170 feet [661 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Organ Cave is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Organ Cave: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Organ Cave ...

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

  • Lewisburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • White Sulphur Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Alderson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Union
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Union is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
  • Falling Spring
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Falling Spring is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Falling Spring
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 200 people
  • Fairlea
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Rockland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Rockland is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockland
  • Caldwell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Fort Spring
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Fort Spring is located in Greenbrier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spring
  • Hollywood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Hollywood is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Organ Cave ...

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

Adding Organ Cave to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Organ Cave post office opened in 1887. The Organ Cave post office closed in 1950.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Organ Cave.

Footnotes ...

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