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Welcome to Unger ...

Unger is located in Morgan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Unger, you might consider that their post office opened in 1950.

Unger is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Unger: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Unger ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Unger - it's located in Oklahoma.

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

Communities near Unger ...

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

  • Winchester
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Martinsburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Hancock
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Hancock is located in Washington County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,522 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hancock <4>
  • Bath
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • Bath is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bath
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
  • Paw Paw
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Capon Bridge
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Hedgesville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Collinsville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Collinsville is located in Frederick County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinsville
  • Stotlers Crossroads
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Stotlers Crossroads is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stotlers Crossroads
  • Siler
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Siler is located in Frederick County (VA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siler

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Unger ...

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

Adding Unger to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Unger post office opened in 1950. The Unger post office closed in 1985.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Unger.

Footnotes ...

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