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Welcome to Finneywood ...

Finneywood is located in Mecklenburg County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Finneywood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

Finneywood is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Finneywood: 434

Communities near Finneywood ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Finneywood ...

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

Adding Finneywood to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Finneywood post office opened in 1877. The Finneywood post office closed in 1937.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Finneywood.

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 Finneywood - 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/