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Welcome to Carsley ...

Carsley is located in Surry County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Carsley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Carsley is 110 feet [34 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Carsley: 757 & 948<3>

Communities near Carsley ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carsley ...

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

Adding Carsley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Carsley post office opened in 1882. The Carsley post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Carsley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Surry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carsley - 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 Carsley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 757 or 948. As a result, placing a call in the Carsley 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/