Welcome to Bush Park ...
So far, we found very little information about Bush Park. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Bush Park to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Bush Park, please Contact Us.
Bush Park would have been located within present day Cumberland County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Bush Park, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Bush Park is 370 feet [113 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Bush Park was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Bush Park was located: 804 & 686<4>
Communities near Bush Park ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bush Park.
- Dillwyn
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Columbia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Trenton Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
- Clinton
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Clinton is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Fife
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Trents Mill
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Trents Mill is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trents Mill
- Belona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Belona is located in Powhatan County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belona
- New Canton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- New Canton is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
- Arvonia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Bridgeport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
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 Bush Park. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bush Park.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bush Park. 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 Bush Park.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bush Park. See our Newspapers Page for Bush Park.
Adding Bush Park to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Bush Park in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Bush Park was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Bush Park post office opened in 1880. The Bush Park post office closed in 1904.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Bush Park.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bush Park, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Cumberland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bush Park - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 804 code has been Overlayed with the 686 area code. New phone numbers in the Bush Park area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Bush Park area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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/ |