Welcome to Dispatch ...
So far, we found very little information about Dispatch. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Dispatch to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dispatch, please Contact Us.
Dispatch would have been located within present day New Kent County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Dispatch, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Dispatch is 130 feet [40 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Dispatch was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Dispatch was located: 804 & 686<4>
Communities Also Named Dispatch ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Dispatch - it's located in Kansas.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dispatch.
Communities near Dispatch ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dispatch.
- Richmond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Richmond is located in Richmond City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232,226 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richmond <5>
- Hopewell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Hopewell is located in Hopewell City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22,375 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hopewell <5>
- Roxbury
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast) - Glendale
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glendale
- Glendale is located in Henrico County
- Westwood
(5 miles [8 km] to the north) - Lee Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lee Park
- Lee Park is located in Henrico County
- Tunstall
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast) - Fair Oaks
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Sandston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandston
- Sandston is located in Henrico County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandston <5>
- Turner Woods
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner Woods
- Turner Woods is located in Henrico County
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 Dispatch. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dispatch.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dispatch. 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 Dispatch.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dispatch. See our Newspapers Page for Dispatch.
Adding Dispatch to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Dispatch 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 for Dispatch was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
We also found Dispatch on a map titled Rand McNally Map (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Dispatch.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for New Kent County: www.co.new-kent.va.us/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
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 Dispatch, 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 New Kent, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dispatch - 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 Dispatch area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Dispatch 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |