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Welcome to Adsit ...

Adsit is located in Brunswick County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Adsit, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

Adsit is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Adsit: 434

Communities Also Named Adsit ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Adsit - it's located in Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Adsit ...

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

  • Emporia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Lawrenceville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jarratt
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • McKenney
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Alberta
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Alberta is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alberta
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 265 people
  • Stony Creek
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Dolphin
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Dolphin is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolphin
  • Edgerton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Edgerton is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgerton
  • Totaro
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Totaro is located in Brunswick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Totaro
  • Radium
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Radium is located in Greensville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Radium

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Adsit ...

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

Adding Adsit to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Adsit post office opened in 1908. The Adsit post office closed in 1969.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Adsit.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Brunswick, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Adsit - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/