Welcome to Burkes Garden ...

Burkes Garden is located in Tazewell County<1>.

The location of Burkes Garden has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

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.<3> In other words, the elevation 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

The 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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluefield
  • Bluefield is located in Mercer County (WV)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,505 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluefield <4>
• Wytheville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wytheville
  • Wytheville is located in Wythe County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,879 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wytheville <4>
• Bluefield
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluefield
  • Bluefield is located in Tazewell County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,814 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bluefield <4>
• Tazewell
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tazewell have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tazewell
  • Tazewell is located in Tazewell County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,113 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tazewell <4>
• Rural Retreat
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rural Retreat
  • Rural Retreat is located in Wythe County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,448 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rural Retreat <4>
• 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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramwell
  • Bramwell is located in Mercer County (WV)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bramwell <4>
• 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.<2> 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
• Saint Clair
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Clair have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Clair
  • Saint Clair is located in Tazewell County
• Wittens Mills
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wittens Mills
  • Wittens Mills 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.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Burkes Garden. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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