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Welcome to Wainville ...

Wainville is located in Webster County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Wainville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896.

Wainville is 1,570 feet [479 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Wainville: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Wainville ...

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

  • Richwood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Sutton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Gassaway
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Addison
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Addison is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people
  • Cowen
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Flatwoods
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Camden-on-Gauley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Camden-on-Gauley is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden-on-Gauley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
  • Excelsior
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Excelsior is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior
  • Tioga
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Upperglade
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Upperglade is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upperglade

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wainville ...

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

Adding Wainville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Wainville post office opened in 1896. The Wainville post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Wainville.

Footnotes ...

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