Welcome to Slanesville ...
Slanesville is located in Hampshire County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Slanesville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857.
Slanesville is 1,180 feet [360 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Slanesville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Slanesville: 304 & 681<3>
Communities near Slanesville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Slanesville.
- Romney
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Paw Paw
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Capon Bridge
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Higginsville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Points
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Three Churches
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Good
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Good. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good
- Good is located in Frederick County (VA)
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Good
- From Slanesville to Good
- Augusta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Good
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Good. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good
- Good is located in Hampshire County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Good
- From Slanesville to Good
- Sedan
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sedan. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sedan
- Sedan is located in Hampshire County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Sedan
- From Slanesville to Sedan
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 Slanesville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Slanesville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Slanesville. 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 Slanesville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Slanesville. See our Newspapers Page for Slanesville.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Slanesville ...
Looking for more information about Slanesville? 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 Slanesville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Slanesville.
Adding Slanesville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Slanesville 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 Slanesville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Slanesville post office opened in 1857.
We also found Slanesville in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Slanesville.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Hampshire, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Slanesville - 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 Slanesville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Slanesville 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |