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Welcome to Swandale ...

Swandale is located in Clay County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Swandale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1917.

Swandale is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Swandale: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Swandale ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Swandale - it's located in South Carolina.

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

Communities near Swandale ...

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

  • Summersville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Sutton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Gassaway
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Clay
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Wattsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Wattsville is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wattsville
  • Widen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Widen is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Widen
  • Gould
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Gould is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gould
  • Ira
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Ira is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
  • Spread
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Spread is located in Clay County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spread
  • Strange Creek
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Strange Creek is located in Braxton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strange Creek

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Swandale ...

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

Adding Swandale to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Swandale post office opened in 1917. The Swandale post office closed in 1966.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Swandale.

Footnotes ...

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