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Welcome to Virginia Settlement ...

Virginia Settlement is located in Wayne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Virginia Settlement, you might consider that their post office opened in 1862.

Virginia Settlement is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Virginia Settlement lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Virginia Settlement: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Virginia Settlement ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Virginia Settlement: This one is located in Wayne County and the other is located in Butler County.

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

Communities near Virginia Settlement ...

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

  • Piedmont
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Ellington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Greenville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Ellsinore
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Annapolis
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Williamsville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Mill Spring
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Mill Spring is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Spring
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
  • Des Arc
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Des Arc is located in Iron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Des Arc
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
  • Patterson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Vulcan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Vulcan is located in Iron County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Virginia Settlement ...

Looking for more information about Virginia Settlement? 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 Virginia Settlement, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Virginia Settlement.

Adding Virginia Settlement to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Virginia Settlement 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 (so far) for Virginia Settlement was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Virginia Settlement post office opened in 1862. The Virginia Settlement post office closed in 1862.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Virginia Settlement.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Wayne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Virginia Settlement - 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 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Virginia Settlement area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Virginia Settlement 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/