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Welcome to Elsing Green ...

Elsing Green is located in King William County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Elsing Green, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

A typical abbreviation for Elsing Green: Elsing Grn.

Elsing Green is 50 feet [15 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Elsing Green: 804 & 686<3>

Communities near Elsing Green ...

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

  • West Point
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Lanesville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Lanesville is located in King William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lanesville
  • Westwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Westwood is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
  • New Kent
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Rumford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Rumford is located in King William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumford
  • Walkerton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Walkerton is located in King and Queen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkerton
  • Manquin
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • King and Queen Court House
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Roxbury
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Roxbury is located in Charles City County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxbury
  • Currituck Farms
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Currituck Farms is located in Henrico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Currituck Farms

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Elsing Green ...

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

Adding Elsing Green to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Elsing Green post office opened in 1902. The Elsing Green post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Elsing Green.

Footnotes ...

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