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Welcome to Vicars ...

Vicars is located in Roane County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vicars, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Vicars is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Vicars: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Vicars ...

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

  • Ripley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Spencer
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Clendenin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Reedy
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Reedy is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
  • Fletcher
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Fletcher is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fletcher
  • Kentuck
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Kentuck is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentuck
  • Island Branch
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Island Branch is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island Branch
  • Walton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Zona
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Zona is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zona
  • Flint Town
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Flint Town is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint Town

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vicars ...

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

Adding Vicars to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Vicars post office opened in 1904. The Vicars post office closed in 1972.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vicars.

Footnotes ...

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