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Welcome to Drapersville ...

Drapersville is located in Mecklenburg County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Drapersville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837.

Drapersville is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Drapersville: 434

Communities near Drapersville ...

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

  • South Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Chase City
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Victoria
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Kenbridge
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Clarksville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Keysville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • La Crosse
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Boydton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Brodnax
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Dunns Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Dunns Corner is located in Mecklenburg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunns Corner

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Drapersville ...

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

Adding Drapersville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Drapersville 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 Drapersville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Drapersville post office opened in 1837. The Drapersville post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Drapersville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Mecklenburg, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Drapersville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/