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Welcome to Huffville ...

Huffville is located in Floyd County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Huffville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857.

Huffville is 2,470 feet [753 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Huffville is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Huffville: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Huffville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Huffville - it's located in Indiana.

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

Communities near Huffville ...

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

  • Blacksburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Christiansburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Radford
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Floyd
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Boones Mill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Alleghany Springs
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Alleghany Springs is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleghany Springs
  • Pilot
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Simpsons
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Simpsons is located in Floyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simpsons
  • Montgomery
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Montgomery is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
  • Oak Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Oak Grove is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Huffville ...

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

Adding Huffville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Huffville post office opened in 1857. The Huffville post office closed in 1919.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Huffville.

Footnotes ...

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