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History · Nettie

Nettie’s post office opened in 1908

Most of Nettie was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986. Below: maps from 1918 on.

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Quick answers

How Nettie began

When was Nettie founded?

1908

The Nettie post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Olive (1880), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 483118 years
Founding year: the first Nettie post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Nettie’s 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 Nettie are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19185 editions of the USGS map, 1918 to 1995. Watch Nettie change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Nettie’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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On the map

Nettie on the map, 1918 to 1995

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

Nettie on the 1918 USGS mapNettie on the 1923 USGS mapNettie on the 1935 USGS mapNettie on the 1972 USGS mapNettie on the 1995 USGS map1918Richwood 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 Nettie.

The story so far

Nettie, in brief

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

Nettie is a census-designated place (CDP) in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States. Nettie is the location of the southern convergence of state routes 20 and 39. As of the 2020 census, its population was 494.

Its first post office opened in 1908. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 568 to 483 (-15%).

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

Timeline

Nettie, 1880 to 1918

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1880Post officeThe Olive post office opens
  3. 1883Post officeThe Olive post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1908Post officeThe Nettie post office opens
  6. 1918On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Nettie, decade by decade

Today2 recent
United States Post Office2016United States Post OfficeNettie, WV 26681, USA2016Nettie, WV 26681, USA
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, places now gone and burying grounds

Nettie’s post office has been open since 1908. Another post office, Olive, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Olive
1880–1883
Nettie
1908–today
18801950today
Gone or out of use
Nettie Elementary Schoolschool
2cemeteries and burying grounds inside Nettie
FairviewOlive Branch

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

Questions about Nettie’s history

What year was Nettie founded?

The Nettie post office opened in 1908, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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

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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 (2), 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.