Welcome to Fendley ...
So far, we found very little information about Fendley. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Fendley to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Fendley, please Contact Us.
Fendley would have been located within present day Chesterfield County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Fendley, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Fendley is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Fendley was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Fendley was located: 804 & 686<4>
Communities Also Named Fendley ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Fendley - it's located in Arkansas.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fendley.
Websites for Fendley ...
Chamber of Commerce: www.chesterfieldchamber.com/
Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Fendley, the following might be of interest:
Communities near Fendley ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fendley.
- Richmond
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Richmond is located in Richmond City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 232,226 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Richmond <5>
- Petersburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
- Petersburg is located in Petersburg City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 30,446 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petersburg <5>
- Hopewell
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopewell
- Hopewell is located in Hopewell City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 22,375 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hopewell <5>
- Colonial Heights
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonial Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Heights
- Colonial Heights is located in Colonial Heights City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,205 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colonial Heights <5>
- Centralia
(5 miles [8 km] to the east) - Holly ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest) - Beulah Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beulah Village have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulah Village
- Beulah Village is located in Chesterfield County
- Chester
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chester
- Chester is located in Chesterfield County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chester <5>
- Drewrys Bluff
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Drewrys Bluff. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drewrys Bluff
- Drewrys Bluff is located in Chesterfield County
- Bellwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
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 Fendley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fendley.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fendley. 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 Fendley.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fendley. See our Newspapers Page for Fendley.
Adding Fendley to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Fendley 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 Fendley was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
We also found Fendley on a map titled Rand McNally Map (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Fendley.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Chesterfield County: www.co.chesterfield.va.us/
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 Fendley, 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 Chesterfield, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fendley - 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 804 code has been Overlayed with the 686 area code. New phone numbers in the Fendley area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Fendley 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. |