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History · Harts

Half of Harts’ homes were built after 1981

Most of Harts was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Harts’ past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Harts are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Harts, and 2 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Harts’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

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

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hart
1881–today
Ferrellsburg
1904–1989
Sand Creek
1905–1933
18801950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Eden ParkFerrellsburg
Gone or out of use
Ferrellsburg Elementary SchoolschoolHarts High SchoolschoolSand Creek Schoolschool
8cemeteries and burying grounds inside Harts
AdkinsAdkinsBrowningBrumfieldBrumfieldFerrellsburgMullinsWalker

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

The story

How Harts came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Harts.

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Harts (town), situated at the mouth of Big Harts Creek, is named for Stephen Hart (Heart), an early settler who once lived in the area, or his father, the latter killed by Native Americans in the vicinity. Richard Elkins was the first permanent settler, arriving in 1807 or 1815. At the time of Elkins' settlement, depending on which year is accurate, the present-day town was part of Kanawha County or Cabell County. Prominent early families who settled in the present-day town of Harts included the Elkins, Adkins, and Toney families. After 1824, the area became a part of Logan County. Prior to the Civil War, Isaac Adkins (who lived at the present-day site of the Harts Fire Department) operated a large farm at "Harts Bottom." He was one of the area's most prominent landowners; Isaac Adkins Shoals are named for him. In the 1840s, James Toney, a native of present-day Boone County, acquired la…

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Timeline

Harts, 1881 to 1989

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1881Post officeThe Hart post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1904Post officeThe Ferrellsburg post office opens
  5. 1905Post officeThe Sand Creek post office opens
  6. 1933Post officeThe Sand Creek post office closes
  7. 1989Post officeThe Ferrellsburg post office closes
By decade

Harts, decade by decade

Today1 recent
Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County, WV2007Big Harts Creek, Lincoln County, WV
Famous people

Famous people close to Harts

Nobody well known was born in Harts 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
Joseph Jefferson MansfieldAmerican politician · b. 1861
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Michael AmmarMagician · b. 1956
Devil Anse HatfieldPatriarch of the Hatfield clan · b. 1839
Leonard S. EcholsAmerican politician · b. 1871

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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 (1), Wikipedia, 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.