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Welcome to Burketown ...

Burketown is located in Augusta County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Burketown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1892.

Burketown is 1,140 feet [347 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Burketown: 540 & 826<3>

Communities near Burketown ...

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

  • Harrisonburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Staunton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Waynesboro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Bridgewater
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Elkton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
    • Elkton is located in Rockingham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,914 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkton <4>
  • Grottoes
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Dayton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
    • Dayton is located in Rockingham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dayton <4>
  • Mount Crawford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Cross Keys
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Goods Mill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Goods Mill. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goods Mill
    • Goods Mill is located in Rockingham 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 Burketown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Burketown.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Burketown ...

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

Adding Burketown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Burketown 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 Burketown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Burketown post office opened in 1892.

We also found Burketown on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Burketown.

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

The official website for Augusta County: www.co.augusta.va.us/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Augusta, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Burketown - 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 Burketown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Burketown 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.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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