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Welcome to Priestley ...

Priestley is located in Lincoln County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Priestley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Priestley is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Priestley: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Priestley ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Priestley ...

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

Adding Priestley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Priestley post office opened in 1900. The Priestley post office closed in 1925.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Priestley.

Footnotes ...

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