Welcome to Derby ...

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

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

Derby would have been located within present day Prince George County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Derby, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Derby is 120 feet [37 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

The location where Derby once stood is in the (804) area code.

Communities Also Named Derby ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Virginia communities named Derby: This one is located in Prince George County and the other is located in Wise County.

Beyond Virginia, there are 28 communities that are also named Derby - they are located in Alabama, Colorado (2), Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi (2), Missouri, Nevada, New Brunswick, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Prince Edward Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Derby.

Communities near Derby ...

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

• Petersburg
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • 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
  (13 miles [20.9 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
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • 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
  (14 miles [22.5 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>
• Stony Creek
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • 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>
• Grant Village
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grant Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Village
  • Grant Village is located in Dinwiddie County
• Maitland Village
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maitland Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland Village
  • Maitland Village is located in Dinwiddie County
• Addison
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
  • Addison is located in Dinwiddie County
• Bollinger Estates
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bollinger Estates
  • Bollinger Estates is located in Chesterfield County
• Ettrick
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ettrick
  • Ettrick is located in Chesterfield County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ettrick <5>

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

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

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

Adding Derby to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Derby 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 Derby was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Derby post office opened in 1887.

We also found Derby in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Derby.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Prince George County: www.princegeorgeva.org/

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