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Welcome to Zackville ...

Zackville is located in Wirt County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Zackville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1849.

Zackville is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Zackville: 304 & 681<3>

Communities near Zackville ...

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

  • Ravenswood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Ripley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Spencer
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Elizabeth
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Reedy
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Reedy is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reedy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 159 people
  • Garfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Garfield is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garfield
  • Lucile
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Lucile is located in Wirt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lucile
  • Windy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Windy is located in Wirt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy
  • Palestine
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Palestine is located in Wirt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palestine
  • Liverpool
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Liverpool is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liverpool

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Zackville ...

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

Adding Zackville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Zackville post office opened in 1849. The Zackville post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Zackville.

Footnotes ...

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