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Welcome to Santown ...

Santown is located in Mason County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Santown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Santown is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Santown: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Santown ...

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

  • Point Pleasant
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Ravenswood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Gallipolis
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Ripley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Middleport
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Pomeroy
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Pomeroy is located in Meigs County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomeroy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,740 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pomeroy <4>
  • New Haven
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Buffalo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Mason
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Syracuse
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Santown ...

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

Adding Santown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Santown post office opened in 1903. The Santown post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Santown.

Footnotes ...

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