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Welcome to Burkes Garden ...

Burkes Garden is located in Tazewell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Burkes Garden, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1823.

A typical abbreviation for Burkes Garden: Burkes Gdn. (or less commonly used: Burkes Gardn., Burkes Grden. or Burkes Grdn.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Burkes Garden for more information about variations on the name of Burkes Garden.

Burkes Garden is 3,070 feet [936 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Burkes Garden is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Burkes Garden: 276

Communities near Burkes Garden ...

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

  • Bluefield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Wytheville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bluefield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Tazewell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Rural Retreat
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Pocahontas
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
    • Pocahontas is located in Tazewell County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 348 people
  • Bramwell
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Anawalt
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Anawalt have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anawalt
    • Anawalt is located in McDowell County (WV)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 172 people
  • Springville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springville
    • Springville is located in Tazewell County
  • Five Oaks
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Five Oaks have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Oaks
    • Five Oaks is located in Tazewell County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Burkes Garden ...

Looking for more information about Burkes Garden? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Burkes Garden, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Burkes Garden.

Adding Burkes Garden to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Burkes Garden post office opened in 1823.

We also found Burkes Garden in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Burkes Garden.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Tazewell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Burkes Garden - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/