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Welcome to Finchley ...

Finchley is located in Mecklenburg County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Finchley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Finchley is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Finchley: 434

Communities Also Named Finchley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Finchley - it's located in Ontario.

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

Communities near Finchley ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Finchley ...

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

Adding Finchley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Finchley 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 Finchley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Finchley post office opened in 1890. The Finchley post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Finchley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Mecklenburg, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Finchley - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/