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Welcome to Ditchley ...

Ditchley is located in Northumberland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ditchley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913.

Ditchley is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Codes for Ditchley: 804 & 686<3>

Communities Also Named Ditchley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Virginia communities named Ditchley: This one is located in Northumberland County and the other is located in Fairfax County.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ditchley.

Communities near Ditchley ...

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

  • Kilmarnock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Tangier
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Urbanna
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Irvington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • White Stone
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Lankford Corner
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Lankford Corner is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lankford Corner
  • Ocran
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Ocran is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocran
  • Remo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Remo is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Remo
  • Fleeton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Fleeton is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleeton
  • Richtown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Richtown is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richtown

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ditchley ...

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

Adding Ditchley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ditchley post office opened in 1913. The Ditchley post office closed in 1968.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ditchley.

Footnotes ...

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