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Welcome to Beldor ...

Beldor is located in Rockingham County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beldor, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Beldor is 1,260 feet [384 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Beldor: 540 & 826<3>

Communities near Beldor ...

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

  • Harrisonburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Bridgewater
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Elkton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Elkton is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,914 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkton <4>
  • Grottoes
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Shenandoah
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Stanley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Dayton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Dayton is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dayton <4>
  • Mount Crawford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Stanardsville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Madison
    (19 miles [30.6 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 Beldor. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Beldor.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beldor ...

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

Adding Beldor to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Beldor post office opened in 1894. The Beldor post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beldor.

Footnotes ...

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