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Welcome to Bledsoe Corner ...

Bledsoe Corner is located in Orange County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Bledsoe Corner: Bledsoe Cor. (or less commonly used: Bledsoe Crn.)

Bledsoe Corner is 430 feet [131 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Bledsoe Corner: 540 & 826<3>

Communities near Bledsoe Corner ...

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

  • Culpeper
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Orange
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Remington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Madison
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Locust Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Grassland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Grassland is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grassland
  • Indian Town
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Indian Town is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Town
  • Lignum
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Lignum is located in Culpeper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lignum
  • Vulcan
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Vulcan is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vulcan
  • Parker
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Parker is located in Spotsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bledsoe Corner ...

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

Footnotes ...

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