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Welcome to Batt ...

Batt is located in Gloucester County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Batt, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

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

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

Area Codes for Batt: 804 & 686<3>

Communities near Batt ...

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

  • West Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Kilmarnock
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Urbanna
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Irvington
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • White Stone
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Adner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Adner is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adner
  • Plain View
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Plain View is located in King and Queen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain View
  • Remlik
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Freeport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Freeport is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
  • Locust Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Batt ...

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

Adding Batt to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Batt post office opened in 1897. The Batt post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Batt.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Gloucester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Batt - 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 804 code has been Overlayed with the 686 area code. New phone numbers in the Batt area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Batt 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/