Welcome to Cheaden ...
So far, we found very little information about Cheaden. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Cheaden to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cheaden, please Contact Us.
Cheaden would have been located within present day Middlesex County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Cheaden, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Cheaden is 80 feet [24 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Cheaden was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Cheaden was located: 804 & 686<4>
Communities near Cheaden ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cheaden.
- West Point
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Kilmarnock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Urbanna
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Irvington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- White Stone
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wilton
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Wilton is located in Middlesex County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
- Glenns
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Glenns is located in Gloucester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenns
- North
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Saluda
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Weems
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Weems is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weems
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 Cheaden. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cheaden.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cheaden. 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 Cheaden.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cheaden. See our Newspapers Page for Cheaden.
Adding Cheaden to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Cheaden 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 Cheaden was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Cheaden post office opened in 1907. The Cheaden post office closed in 1917.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Cheaden.
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 Cheaden, 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 Middlesex, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cheaden - 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 Cheaden area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Cheaden 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/ |