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Welcome to Bruceville ...

Bruceville is primarily located in Lunenburg County<1>. A portion of Bruceville extends into Prince Edward County.

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

Bruceville is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Bruceville: 434

Communities Also Named Bruceville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Bruceville - they are located in Alabama, California, Florida, Indiana, Maryland (2), New York, Tennessee and Texas.

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

Communities near Bruceville ...

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

  • Farmville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Crewe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Crewe is located in Nottoway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crewe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,116 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crewe <3>
  • Victoria
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Kenbridge
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Keysville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Charlotte Court House
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Drakes Branch
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Burkeville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Green Bay
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Nutbush
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Nutbush is located in Lunenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutbush

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bruceville ...

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

Adding Bruceville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bruceville 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 Bruceville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Bruceville post office opened in 1897. The Bruceville post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bruceville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Lunenburg, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bruceville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/