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Welcome to Heflin ...

Heflin is located in Stafford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Heflin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909.

Heflin is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Heflin: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Heflin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Heflin - they are located in Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana and North Carolina (2).

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

Communities near Heflin ...

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

  • Manassas
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Fredericksburg
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Warrenton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Dumfries
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Dumfries is located in Prince William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dumfries
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,106 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dumfries <4>
  • Remington
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Quantico
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Hartwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Storck
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Storck is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storck
  • Brent Town
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Brent Town is located in Fauquier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brent Town
  • King James Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • King James Village is located in Stafford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King James Village

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Heflin ...

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

Adding Heflin to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Heflin post office opened in 1909. The Heflin post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Heflin.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Stafford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Heflin - 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 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Heflin area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Heflin 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/