Welcome to Gretna ...The town of Gretna is located in Pittsylvania County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Gretna, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Gretna has a population of 1,193 people<2> (see below for details). Gretna is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Gretna lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Gretna: 434 The ZIP code for Gretna: 24557<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Gretna had an population of 1,193 people. This is a decrease of 5.84% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 5.09% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Gretna had a population of 1,267 people. This makes Gretna the county's 3rd most populous community. The population of Gretna represents 0.02% of the population of Virginia (which has 8,001,024 people), making it the state's 126th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 1,267 people, the population of Gretna has remained roughly the same as the 2000 Census (with a count of 1,257 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Gretna. Communities Also Named Gretna ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Gretna - they are located in Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Manitoba, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania and South Dakota. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gretna. Communities near Gretna ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gretna.
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 Gretna. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gretna. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gretna. 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 Gretna. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gretna. See our Newspapers Page for Gretna. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gretna ...Looking for more information about Gretna? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Gretna, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Gretna. Adding Gretna to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Gretna 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 Gretna was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Gretna. Footnotes ...
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