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Welcome to Carloover ...

Carloover is located in Bath County<1>.

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

Carloover is 2,480 feet [756 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Carloover is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Carloover: 540 & 826<3>

Communities near Carloover ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carloover ...

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

Adding Carloover to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Carloover post office opened in 1897. The Carloover post office closed in 1956.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carloover.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Bath, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carloover - 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 Carloover area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Carloover 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>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/