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Welcome to Denaro ...

Denaro is located in Amelia County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Denaro, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Denaro is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Denaro: 804 & 686<3>

Communities near Denaro ...

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

  • Blackstone
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Crewe
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Crewe is located in Nottoway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crewe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,116 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crewe <4>
  • Burkeville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Earls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Earls is located in Amelia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earls
  • Spainville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Spainville is located in Nottoway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spainville
  • Amelia Court House
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Wilsons
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Wilsons is located in Dinwiddie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilsons
  • Hebron
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hebron is located in Dinwiddie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hebron
  • Ammon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Ammon is located in Amelia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ammon
  • Paineville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Paineville is located in Amelia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Denaro ...

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

Adding Denaro to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Denaro post office opened in 1888. The Denaro post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Denaro.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Amelia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Denaro - 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 804 code has been Overlayed with the 686 area code. New phone numbers in the Denaro area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Denaro 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/