Welcome to Radnor ...

Radnor is located in Wayne County<1>.

The location of Radnor has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Radnor, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1901.

Radnor is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Radnor, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area codes for Radnor: (304) and (681)<4>

Communities Also Named Radnor ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Radnor - they are located in California, Indiana, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Radnor ...

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

• Louisa
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisa
  • Louisa is located in Lawrence County (KY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,325 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisa <5>
• Wayne
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wayne have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne
  • Wayne is located in Wayne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,559 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wayne <5>
• West Hamlin
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for West Hamlin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hamlin
  • West Hamlin is located in Lincoln County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 689 people
• Fort Gay
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Gay
  • Fort Gay is located in Wayne County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 682 people
• Inez
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Inez have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Inez
  • Inez is located in Martin County (KY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 614 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Inez <5>
• Kermit
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kermit
  • Kermit is located in Mingo County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 341 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kermit <5>
• Warfield
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warfield
  • Warfield is located in Martin County (KY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warfield <5>
• Dunlow
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlow
  • Dunlow is located in Wayne County
• Clifford
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clifford have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifford
  • Clifford is located in Lawrence County (KY)
• Maynard ‑ Historic
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Maynard. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynard
  • Maynard is located in Lawrence County (KY)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Radnor ...

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

Adding Radnor to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Radnor 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 for Radnor was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Radnor post office opened in 1901.

We also found Radnor on a map titled Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Radnor.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Radnor. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/