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Welcome to Carriage Heights ...

Carriage Heights is located in James City County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Carriage Heights: Carriage Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Carriage Heights is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Carriage Heights: 757 & 948<3>

Communities near Carriage Heights ...

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

  • Newport News
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • West Point
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Claremont
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Claremont is located in Surry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claremont
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 335 people
  • Dendron
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Surry
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Barlows Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Barlows Corner is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barlows Corner
  • Jamestown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Charles Corner
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Charles Corner is located in York County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charles Corner
  • Homewood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Homewood is located in Surry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homewood
  • Norge
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carriage Heights ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including James City, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carriage Heights - 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 757 code has been Overlayed with the 948 area code. New phone numbers in the Carriage Heights area will be assigned with one of these codes: 757 or 948. As a result, placing a call in the Carriage Heights 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.