Welcome to East Radford ...

East Radford is located in Montgomery County<1>.

The location of East Radford has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2>

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.<3>.

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

The telephone area code for East Radford: (540)

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 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.

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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksburg
  • Blacksburg is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,074 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blacksburg <4>
• Christiansburg
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Christiansburg
  • Christiansburg is located in Montgomery County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,399 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Christiansburg <4>
• Pulaski
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pulaski
  • Pulaski is located in Pulaski County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,657 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pulaski <4>
• Pearisburg
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pearisburg
  • Pearisburg is located in Giles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,620 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pearisburg <4>
• Dublin
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dublin have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dublin
  • Dublin is located in Pulaski County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,578 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dublin <4>
• Narrows
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Narrows have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Narrows
  • Narrows is located in Giles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,949 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Narrows <4>
• Pembroke
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pembroke
  • Pembroke is located in Giles County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,077 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pembroke <4>
• Parrott
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parrott
  • Parrott is located in Pulaski County
• Childress
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Childress have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Childress
  • Childress is located in Montgomery County
• Prices Fork
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prices Fork
  • Prices Fork is located in Montgomery 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 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 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.

We also found East Radford in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for East Radford. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Montgomery County: www.montva.com/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/