Welcome to Barberville ...

Barberville is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Barberville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854.

Barberville is 120 feet [37 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Barberville: 401

Communities Also Named Barberville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Barberville - they are located in Florida, New York and South Carolina.

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

Websites for Barberville ...

Junior League:   www.jlri.org/

Communities near Barberville ...

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

• Warwick
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Warwick is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 81,189 people
• Norwich
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Norwich is located in New London County (CT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwich
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,619 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norwich <3>
• Coventry
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Coventry is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,931 people
• South Kingstown
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • South Kingstown is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Kingstown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,454 people
• West Warwick
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • West Warwick is located in Kent County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warwick
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,967 people
• North Kingstown
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • North Kingstown is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,278 people
• Westerly
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Westerly is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerly
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,328 people
• Stonington
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Stonington is located in New London County (CT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonington
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,566 people
• Narragansett
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Narragansett is located in Washington County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narragansett
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,309 people
• Plainfield
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Plainfield is located in Windham County (CT)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,084 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 Barberville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Barberville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Barberville ...

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

Adding Barberville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Barberville 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 Barberville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Barberville post office opened in 1854. The Barberville post office closed in 1856.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Barberville.