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Welcome to Whirlwind ...

Whirlwind is located in Logan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Whirlwind, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1910.

Whirlwind is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Whirlwind: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Whirlwind ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Whirlwind ...

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

Adding Whirlwind to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Whirlwind post office opened in 1910.

We also found Whirlwind on a map titled Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Whirlwind.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Logan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Whirlwind - 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 Whirlwind area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Whirlwind 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>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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