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Welcome to Santifee ...

So far, we found very little information about Santifee. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Santifee to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Santifee, please Contact Us.


Santifee would have been located within present day Summers County<2>.


The location of Santifee has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Santifee, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1889.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Santifee is 1,660 feet [506 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Santifee was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Santifee would have been located in the (304) & (681)<5> area codes.

Communities near Santifee ...

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

  • Lewisburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Hinton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Ronceverte
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Rainelle
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Rupert
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Union
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Union is located in Monroe County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people
  • Meadow Bridge
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Meadow Bridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Bridge
    • Meadow Bridge is located in Fayette County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
  • Creamery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Creamery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creamery
    • Creamery is located in Monroe County
  • Lowell
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lowell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
    • Lowell is located in Summers County
  • Wolfcreek
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolfcreek
    • Wolfcreek is located in Monroe County

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

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

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

Adding Santifee to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Santifee post office opened in 1889.

We also found Santifee in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Santifee.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Santifee, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Summers, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Santifee - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>Area code (681) is an overlay for area code (304).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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