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Welcome to Belvoir ...

So far, we found very little information about Belvoir. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Belvoir to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Belvoir, please Contact Us.

Belvoir would have been located within present day Fauquier County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Belvoir, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Belvoir is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Belvoir was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Belvoir was located: 540 & 826<4>

Communities Also Named Belvoir ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Virginia communities named Belvoir: This one is located in Fauquier County and the other is located in Fairfax County.

Beyond Virginia, there are 4 communities that are also named Belvoir - they are located in Florida, Kansas and North Carolina.

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

Communities near Belvoir ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Belvoir to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Belvoir 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 Belvoir was on a map titled Map of Virginia (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Belvoir.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Belvoir, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Fauquier, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Belvoir - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Belvoir area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Belvoir area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
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