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Welcome to Vannoys Mill ...

Vannoys Mill is located in Barbour County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vannoys Mill, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

A typical abbreviation for Vannoys Mill: Vannoys Ml. (or less commonly used: Vannoys Mll.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Vannoys Mill for more information about variations on the name of Vannoys Mill.

Vannoys Mill is 1,550 feet [472 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Vannoys Mill: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Vannoys Mill ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vannoys Mill ...

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

Adding Vannoys Mill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Vannoys Mill 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 Vannoys Mill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Vannoys Mill post office opened in 1879.

We also found Vannoys Mill in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vannoys Mill.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Barbour, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Vannoys Mill - 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 Vannoys Mill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Vannoys Mill area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/