RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of West Virginia >> Mercer County >> PinoakIndex...

Welcome to Pinoak ...

Pinoak is located in Mercer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pinoak, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Pinoak is 2,730 feet [832 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Pinoak is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Pinoak: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Pinoak ...

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

  • Bluefield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Princeton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Bluefield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Mullens
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Sophia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Athens
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Gary
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Gary is located in McDowell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gary
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 759 people
  • Pocahontas
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
  • Bramwell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Northfork
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pinoak ...

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

Adding Pinoak to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pinoak post office opened in 1889. The Pinoak post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pinoak.

Footnotes ...

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