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Welcome to Hurtsville ...

Hurtsville is located in Appomattox County<1>.

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

Hurtsville is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Hurtsville: 434

Communities Also Named Hurtsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Hurtsville - it's located in New York.

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

Communities near Hurtsville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hurtsville ...

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

Adding Hurtsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Hurtsville 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 Hurtsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Hurtsville post office opened in 1888. The Hurtsville post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Hurtsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Appomattox, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hurtsville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/