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Welcome to Dale Enterprise ...

Dale Enterprise is located in Rockingham County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dale Enterprise, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

Dale Enterprise is 1,400 feet [427 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Dale Enterprise: 540 & 826<3>

Communities near Dale Enterprise ...

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

  • Harrisonburg
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Bridgewater
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Broadway
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Elkton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Elkton is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,914 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkton <4>
  • Grottoes
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Timberville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Shenandoah
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • New Market
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Crawford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Clover Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Clover Hill is located in Rockingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover Hill

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dale Enterprise ...

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

Adding Dale Enterprise to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Dale Enterprise post office opened in 1872. The Dale Enterprise post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dale Enterprise.

Footnotes ...

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