Welcome to Coddyshore ...

So far, we found very little information about Coddyshore. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Coddyshore to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Coddyshore, please Contact Us.

Coddyshore would have been located within present day Sussex County<2>.

The location of Coddyshore has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Coddyshore, 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 Coddyshore is 120 feet [37 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Coddyshore was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Coddyshore ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Coddyshore.

• Petersburg
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
  • Petersburg is located in Petersburg City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,446 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petersburg <5>
• Hopewell
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
  • Hopewell is located in Hopewell City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,375 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hopewell <5>
• Colonial Heights
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonial Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Heights
  • Colonial Heights is located in Colonial Heights City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,205 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colonial Heights <5>
• Waverly
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Waverly have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly
  • Waverly is located in Sussex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waverly <5>
• Wakefield
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wakefield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wakefield
  • Wakefield is located in Sussex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 805 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wakefield <5>
• Jarratt
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarratt
  • Jarratt is located in Greensville County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jarratt <5>
• Dendron
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dendron
  • Dendron is located in Surry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 246 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dendron <5>
• Stony Creek
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
  • Stony Creek is located in Sussex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stony Creek <5>
• Sussex
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sussex
  • Sussex is located in Sussex County
• Yale
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yale
  • Yale is located in Sussex County

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 Coddyshore. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Coddyshore.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Coddyshore. 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 Coddyshore.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Coddyshore. See our Newspapers Page for Coddyshore.

Adding Coddyshore to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Coddyshore 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 Coddyshore was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

We also found Coddyshore on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Coddyshore.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/