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Welcome to Rift ...Rift is located in McDowell County<1>. The location of Rift has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Rift, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907. Rift is 1,510 feet [460 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Rift lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area codes for Rift: (304) and (681)<4> Communities near Rift ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Rift.
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 Rift. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Rift. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Rift. 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 Rift. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Rift. See our Newspapers Page for Rift. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rift ...Looking for more information about Rift? 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 Rift, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Rift. Adding Rift to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Rift 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 Rift was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Rift. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Rift. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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