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Welcome to Sully ...

Sully is located in Randolph County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sully, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Sully is 3,090 feet [942 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Sully is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Sully: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Sully ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Sully - they are located in Idaho, Iowa and Quebec.

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

Communities near Sully ...

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

  • Elkins
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Parsons
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Beverly
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Davis
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Thomas
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Hendricks
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Hendricks is located in Tucker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hendricks
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 254 people
  • Hambleton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Hambleton is located in Tucker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hambleton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 212 people
  • Montrose
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Montrose is located in Randolph County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montrose
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 151 people
  • Harman
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Elk
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Elk is located in Tucker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sully ...

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

Adding Sully to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sully post office opened in 1906. The Sully post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sully.

Footnotes ...

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