Welcome to Dunreath ...
So far, we found very little information about Dunreath. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Dunreath to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dunreath, please Contact Us.
Dunreath would have been located within present day Louisa County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Dunreath, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Dunreath is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Dunreath was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Dunreath was located: 540 & 826<4>
Communities Also Named Dunreath ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Dunreath - it's located in Iowa.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dunreath.
Communities near Dunreath ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dunreath.
- Orange
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
- Orange is located in Orange County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,166 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orange <5>
- Gordonsville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
- Gordonsville is located in Orange County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,647 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gordonsville <5>
- Mineral
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
- Mineral is located in Louisa County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 529 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mineral <5>
- Columbia
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbia
- Columbia is located in Fluvanna County
- Estimated population in 2016: 80 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbia <5>
- Bells Crossroads
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bells Crossroads. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossroads
- Bells Crossroads is located in Louisa County
- Cuckoo
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuckoo
- Cuckoo is located in Louisa County
- Pendleton
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Trevilians
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trevilians
- Trevilians is located in Louisa County
- Medlock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Green Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Green Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Springs
- Green Springs is located in Louisa 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 Dunreath. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dunreath.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dunreath. 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 Dunreath.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dunreath. See our Newspapers Page for Dunreath.
Adding Dunreath to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Dunreath 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 Dunreath was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>
X2X - From that list, the Dunreath post office opened in 1894.
We also found Dunreath on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Dunreath.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Louisa County: www.louisacounty.com/
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 Dunreath, 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 Louisa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Dunreath - 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 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Dunreath area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Dunreath 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |