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Welcome to Gills ...

Gills is located in Amelia County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gills, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Gills is 520 feet [158 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Gills: 804 & 686<3>

Communities Also Named Gills ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Virginia communities named Gills: This one is located in Amelia County and the other is located in Mecklenburg County.

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

Communities near Gills ...

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

  • Farmville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Blackstone
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Crewe
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Crewe is located in Nottoway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crewe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,116 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crewe <4>
  • Burkeville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Rodophil
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Rodophil is located in Amelia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodophil
  • Paineville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Paineville is located in Amelia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
  • Cotton Town
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Cotton Town is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Town
  • Amelia Court House
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Green Bay
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Guinea Mills
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gills ...

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

Adding Gills to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Gills post office opened in 1888. The Gills post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gills.

Footnotes ...

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