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Welcome to Follansbee ...The city of Follansbee is located in Brooke County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Follansbee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Follansbee has a population of 2,704 people<2> (see below for details). Follansbee is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Follansbee lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Follansbee: (304) and (681)<4> The ZIP code for Follansbee: 26037<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Follansbee had an population of 2,704 people. This is a decrease of 9.44% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 13.19% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Follansbee had a population of 2,986 people (which is 12.41% of the total population of Brooke County). This makes Follansbee the county's 2nd most populous community. The population of Follansbee represents 0.16% of the population of West Virginia (which has 1,852,994 people), making it the state's 41st most populous community. With a 2010 count of 2,986 people, the population of Follansbee decreased 4.14% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 3,115 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Follansbee. Communities near Follansbee ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Follansbee.
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 Follansbee. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Follansbee. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Follansbee. 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 Follansbee. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Follansbee. See our Newspapers Page for Follansbee. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Follansbee ...Looking for more information about Follansbee? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Follansbee, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Follansbee. Adding Follansbee to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Follansbee 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 Follansbee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Follansbee on a map titled Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Follansbee. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Follansbee. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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