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History · Amherstdale

Amherstdale’s post office opened in 1914

Below: 6 old photos and papers and maps from 1913 on.

1914first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
6old photos & papers
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From Amherstdale’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Amherstdale began

When was Amherstdale founded?

1914

The Amherstdale post office opened in 1914, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Braeholm (1916), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 350112 years
Founding year: the first Amherstdale post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Amherstdale’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

Lost villages1 post office opened and closed inside today’s Amherstdale, and 3 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19136 editions of the USGS map, 1913 to 1996. Watch Amherstdale change.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Amherstdale’s post office has been open since 1914. Another post office, Braeholm, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Amherstdale
1914–today
Braeholm
1916–1972
19101970today
Hamlets and corners on the map
BeccoBraeholmFanco
Gone or out of use
Amherstdale Elementary Schoolschool
1cemetery inside Amherstdale
Riley

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

On the map

Amherstdale on the map, 1913 to 1996

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Amherstdale. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Amherstdale on the 1913 USGS mapAmherstdale on the 1926 USGS mapAmherstdale on the 1963 USGS mapAmherstdale on the 1976 USGS mapAmherstdale on the 1989 USGS mapAmherstdale on the 1996 USGS map1913Logan sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Amherstdale.

The story so far

Amherstdale, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Amherstdale yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Amherstdale is a census-designated place (CDP) in Logan County, West Virginia, United States, situated along Buffalo Creek. The CDP includes the unincorporated communities of Amherstdale, Becco, Fanco, and Braeholm. The CDP population was 350 as of the 2020 census, no change from the 2010 census. Prior to 2010, Amherstdale was part of the Amherstdale-Robinette CDP. Amherstdale has a post office with ZIP code 25607. Amherstdale was also affected by the Buffalo Creek flood disaster which killed, injured, and left thousands homeless.

Its first post office opened in 1914. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 350 in 2010, 350 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Amherstdale, 1913 to 1972

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1913On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  3. 1914Post officeThe Amherstdale post office opens
  4. 1916Post officeThe Braeholm post office opens
  5. 1946In the archiveAmherst Coal Company, Amherst #1 Mine, Amherstdale, Logan County, West Virginia. Front vi…
  6. 1972Post officeThe Braeholm post office closes
By decade

Amherstdale, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1940s6 items
Amherst Coal Company, Amherst #1 Mine, Amherstdale, Logan County, West Virginia. Front view of #1 house surveyed1946Amherst Coal Company, Amherst #1 Mine, Amherstdale, L…Amherst Coal Company, Amherst -1 Mine, Amherstdale, Logan County, West Virginia. Garbage and refuse in rear of -4 house…1946Amherst Coal Company, Amherst -1 Mine, Amherstdale, L…Amherst Coal Company, Amherst -1 Mine, Amherstdale, Logan County, West Virginia. General view of Black section of camp …1946Amherst Coal Company, Amherst -1 Mine, Amherstdale, L…Amherst Coal Company, Amherst -1 Mine, Amherstdale, Logan County, West Virginia. Picture of -2 house surveyed showing w…1946Amherst Coal Company, Amherst -1 Mine, Amherstdale, L…Amherst Coal Company, Amherst -1 Mine, Amherstdale, Logan County, West Virginia. Rear view of -1 house surveyed. Note m…1946Amherst Coal Company, Amherst -1 Mine, Amherstdale, L…Amherst Coal Company, Amherst -1 Mine, Amherstdale, Logan County, West Virginia. Spring, serving -4 house surveyed and …1946Amherst Coal Company, Amherst -1 Mine, Amherstdale, L…
1950s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Amherst Coal Company, Amherst #1 Mine, Amherstdale, Logan County, West Virginia. Front view of #1 house surveyed
Retake this viewAmherst Coal Company, Amherst #1 Mine, Amherstdale, Logan County, West Virginia. Front view of #1 house surveyed, 1946

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Amherstdale’s page.

Retake this view · +15
Famous people

Famous people close to Amherstdale

Nobody well known was born in Amherstdale itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Joanne DruAmerican film and television actress · b. 1922
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Lea Ann ParsleySkeleton racer · b. 1968
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Michael AmmarMagician · b. 1956
Devil Anse HatfieldPatriarch of the Hatfield clan · b. 1839
Ted BelcherUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1924
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Arden MountsAmerican NASCAR driver · b. 1917
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Finish Amherstdale’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewAmherst Coal Company, Amherst #1 Mine, …: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

AccovilleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRobinetteIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Amherstdale’s history

What year was Amherstdale founded?

The Amherstdale post office opened in 1914, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.