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Welcome to Campville ...

Campville is located in Litchfield County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Campville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1849.

Campville is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Campville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Campville: 860 & 959<3>

Communities Also Named Campville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Campville - they are located in Florida and New York.

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

Communities near Campville ...

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

  • Waterbury
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Waterbury
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Waterbury is located in New Haven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 106,826 people
  • New Britain
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • New Britain
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • New Britain is located in Hartford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Britain
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,198 people
  • West Hartford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • West Hartford is located in Hartford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hartford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 62,868 people
  • Bristol
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Bristol
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Bristol is located in Hartford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,734 people
  • Southington
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Southington is located in Hartford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,829 people
  • Torrington
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Torrington
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Torrington is located in Litchfield County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torrington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 33,870 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Campville ...

Looking for more information about Campville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Campville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Campville.

Adding Campville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Campville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Campville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Campville post office opened in 1849. The Campville post office closed in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Campville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Connecticut's counties, including Litchfield, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Campville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 860 code has been Overlayed with the 959 area code. New phone numbers in the Campville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 860 or 959. As a result, placing a call in the Campville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/