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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>. The location of Dispatch has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Dispatch, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we 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.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Dispatch was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Dispatch once stood is in the (804) area code. 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.
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 ...
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