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Shady Spring, West Virginia |
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Welcome to Shady Spring ...
Shady Spring is located in Raleigh County.
A typical abbreviation for Shady Spring: Shady Spg. (or less commonly used: Shady Spng. or Shady Sprng.)
Shady Spring is 2,690 feet [820 m] above sea level.<1> In other words, the elevation of Shady Spring is ½ mile above sea level.
Time Zone: Shady Spring lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area codes for Shady Spring: (304) and (681)<2>
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Communities near Shady Spring ...
The following is a sample of nearby communities. Keep in mind that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Shady Spring and not the distance if you drove it.<3>.
To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Nearby Page for Shady Spring. |
See Our Genealogy Helper Page ...
We have a couple of sections that should be of interest to those chasing their genealogy.
- We have a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Shady Spring. We make it easy to see an overhead view of the cemetery.
- Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Shady Spring. Our list includes information such as whether the community had a post office or railroad service in 1895.
- We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Shady Spring.
These sections can be found on our Genealogy Helper Page for Shady Spring:
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TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shady Spring ...
Looking for more information about Shady Spring? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you get an overview with links that will help you to find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
In addition to the Tourism page for Shady Spring, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Shady Spring.
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Search for Local Businesses ...People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Shady Spring. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.
Business Owners: To appear in the above search results, your business will need to be listed with the Google Places service. Please use the below link to learn about and register for the free service.
If you find an error or if your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to register your business or report an error. We simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results. Only a registered owner/operator can add their business or correct mistakes - we can not do it for you.
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Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Shady Spring. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of West Virginia: www.wv.gov/
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Footnotes ...
| <1> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shady Spring - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation |
| <2> | Area code (681) is an overlay for area code (304). - Return to Citation |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance from Shady Spring. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Shady Spring) to Point B.
If you need the driving distance, we recommend that you use one of the Mapping Services listed on our Map Page for Shady Spring. Since we usually use Google Maps for our own planning, we've provided the following link: Google Map and Driving Directions starting from Shady Spring
Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Shady Spring. The point that we are using is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7057, Longitude: -81.0984 [Map]. In this case, the coordinates for Shady Spring have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).- Return to Citation |
| <4> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Shady Spring. - Return to Citation |
| <5> | All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation |
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