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Welcome to Seaman ...

Seaman is located in Roane County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Seaman, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Seaman is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Seaman: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Seaman ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Seaman - they are located in Kansas, Ohio (2) and Texas.

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

Communities near Seaman ...

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

  • Ravenswood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Ripley
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Spencer
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Elizabeth
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Grantsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Lucile
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Lucile is located in Wirt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucile
  • Peewee
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Peewee is located in Wirt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peewee
  • Garfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Garfield is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
  • Meadowdale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Meadowdale is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowdale
  • Millard
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Millard is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Seaman ...

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

Adding Seaman to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Seaman post office opened in 1888. The Seaman post office closed in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Seaman.

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 Seaman - 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 Seaman area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Seaman 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/