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Welcome to Free Shade Corner ...

Free Shade Corner is located in Middlesex County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Free Shade Corner: Free Shade Cor. (or less commonly used: Free Shade Crn.)

Free Shade Corner is 70 feet [21 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Free Shade Corner: 804 & 686<3>

Communities near Free Shade Corner ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Free Shade Corner.

  • West Point
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Kilmarnock
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Urbanna
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Irvington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • White Stone
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Locust Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Amburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Amburg is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amburg
  • North
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Weems
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Weems is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weems
  • Millenbeck
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Millenbeck is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millenbeck

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Free Shade Corner ...

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

Footnotes ...

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