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Welcome to Borthwick ...So far, we found very little information about Borthwick. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Borthwick to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Borthwick, please Contact Us. Borthwick would have been located within present day Dinwiddie County<2>. The location of Borthwick has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Borthwick, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. While the community is gone, the present day location for Borthwick is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Borthwick was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Borthwick would have been located in the (804) area code. Communities near Borthwick ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Borthwick.
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 Borthwick. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Borthwick. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Borthwick. 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 Borthwick. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Borthwick. See our Newspapers Page for Borthwick. Adding Borthwick to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Borthwick in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Borthwick was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). We also found Borthwick on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Borthwick. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Dinwiddie County: www.dinwiddieva.us/ The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/ Footnotes ...
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