Welcome to Mineral ...

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

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

Mineral would have been located within present day Appomattox County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mineral, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Mineral is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

If Mineral still existed, it would have been in the (434) area code.

Communities Also Named Mineral ...

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

Beyond Virginia, there are 16 communities that are also named Mineral - they are located in Arkansas (2), California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Nevada, New Brunswick, Ohio (2), Oregon, Texas and Washington.

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

Communities near Mineral ...

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

• Lynchburg
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
  • Lynchburg is located in Lynchburg City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 81,561 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynchburg <5>
• Amherst
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
  • Amherst is located in Amherst County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,182 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amherst <5>
• Appomattox
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appomattox
  • Appomattox is located in Appomattox County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,808 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Appomattox <5>
• Pamplin City
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pamplin City
  • Pamplin City is located in Appomattox County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pamplin City <5>
• Bent Creek
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bent Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
  • Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
• Gladstone
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladstone
  • Gladstone is located in Nelson County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gladstone <5>
• Buffalo Springs
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buffalo Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
  • Buffalo Springs is located in Nelson County
• Spout Spring
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Spring
  • Spout Spring is located in Appomattox County
• Concord
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
  • Concord is located in Campbell County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Concord <5>
• Coolwell
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coolwell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coolwell
  • Coolwell is located in Amherst 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 Mineral. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mineral.

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

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

Adding Mineral to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mineral post office opened in 1879.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mineral.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Appomattox County: www.appomattox.com/

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