Welcome to Grizzle ...

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

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

Grizzle would have been located within present day Russell County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grizzle, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1911.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Grizzle is 1,880 feet [573 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

If Grizzle still existed, it would have been in the (276) area code.

Communities Also Named Grizzle ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Virginia communities named Grizzle: This one is located in Russell County and the other is located in Dickenson County.

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

Communities near Grizzle ...

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

• Lebanon
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lebanon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lebanon
  • Lebanon is located in Russell County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,184 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lebanon <5>
• Coeburn
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coeburn
  • Coeburn is located in Wise County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,835 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Coeburn <5>
• Honaker
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Honaker
  • Honaker is located in Russell County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,322 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Honaker <5>
• Clintwood
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clintwood
  • Clintwood is located in Dickenson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,264 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clintwood <5>
• Saint Paul
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Paul have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Paul
  • Saint Paul is located in Wise County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 847 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Paul <5>
• Haysi
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Haysi have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysi
  • Haysi is located in Dickenson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 460 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haysi <5>
• Clinchco
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinchco
  • Clinchco is located in Dickenson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinchco <5>
• Cleveland
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
  • Cleveland is located in Russell County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
• Bucu
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucu
  • Bucu is located in Dickenson County
• Spring City
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
  • Spring City is located in Russell 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 Grizzle. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Grizzle.

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

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

Adding Grizzle to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Grizzle post office opened in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grizzle.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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