Welcome to Red Knob ...
Red Knob is located in Roane County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Red Knob, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.
Red Knob is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Red Knob lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Red Knob: 304 & 681<3>
Communities near Red Knob ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Red Knob.
- Ripley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Spencer
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Clendenin
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Reedy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Reedy is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
- Aplin ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Aplin is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aplin
- Woodyard ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Woodyard is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodyard
- Fletcher
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Fletcher is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
- Kentuck
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kentuck is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
- Statts Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Statts Mills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Statts Mills
- Cicerone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cicerone is located in Roane County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cicerone
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 Red Knob. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Red Knob.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Red Knob. 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 Red Knob.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Red Knob. See our Newspapers Page for Red Knob.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Red Knob ...
Looking for more information about Red Knob? 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 Red Knob, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Red Knob.
Adding Red Knob to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Red Knob 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 Red Knob was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Red Knob post office opened in 1883. The Red Knob post office closed in 1918.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Red Knob.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Roane, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Red Knob - 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 Red Knob area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Red Knob 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/ |