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Welcome to East Radford ...

East Radford is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Radford, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891.

A typical abbreviation for East Radford: E. Radford

East Radford is 1,840 feet [561 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for East Radford: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named East Radford ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Virginia communities named East Radford: This one is located in Montgomery County and the other is located in Radford City.

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

Websites for East Radford ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.montgomerycc.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to East Radford, the following might be of interest:

Communities near East Radford ...

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

  • Blacksburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Christiansburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Pulaski
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Pearisburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Dublin
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Narrows
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Pembroke
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Parrott
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Parrott is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrott
  • Childress
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Childress is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress
  • Prices Fork
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Prices Fork is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Fork

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Radford ...

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

Adding East Radford to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East Radford 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 (so far) for East Radford was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the East Radford post office opened in 1891. The East Radford post office closed in 1938.

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Radford.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Radford - 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 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the East Radford area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the East Radford 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/