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Welcome to Puritan Mines ...

Puritan Mines is located in Mingo County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Puritan Mines, you might consider that their post office opened in 1922.

Puritan Mines is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Puritan Mines: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Puritan Mines ...

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

  • Williamson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Logan
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Man
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Man is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Man
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 619 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Man <4>
  • Matewan
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Gilbert
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • West Logan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Kermit
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Mitchell Heights
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Mitchell Heights is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchell Heights
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 274 people
  • Warfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Myrtle
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Myrtle is located in Mingo County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Puritan Mines ...

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

Adding Puritan Mines to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Puritan Mines post office opened in 1922. The Puritan Mines post office closed in 1956.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Puritan Mines.

Footnotes ...

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