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Welcome to Airpoint ...

Airpoint is located in Roanoke County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Airpoint, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

Airpoint is 2,650 feet [808 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Airpoint is ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Airpoint: 540 & 826<3>

Communities near Airpoint ...

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

  • Roanoke
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Blacksburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Salem
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Christiansburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Vinton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Rocky Mount
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Boones Mill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Wabun
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Wabun is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wabun
  • Cave Spring
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Cave Spring is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cave Spring
  • Riverside
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Riverside is located in Roanoke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Airpoint ...

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

Adding Airpoint to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Airpoint 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 Airpoint was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Airpoint post office opened in 1878. The Airpoint post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Airpoint.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Roanoke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Airpoint - 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 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Airpoint area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Airpoint 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/