Welcome to Hylas ...
Hylas is located in Hanover County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Hylas, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.
Hylas is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Hylas lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Hylas: 804 & 686<3>
Communities Also Named Hylas ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Hylas - it's located in Michigan.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Hylas.
Communities near Hylas ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Hylas.
- Richmond
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ashland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Short Pump
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Goodall
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Goodall. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goodall
- Goodall is located in Hanover County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Goodall
- From Hylas to Goodall
- Glen Allen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hunton
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Oilville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Tuckahoe Village
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Vontay
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Gwathmey
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gwathmey. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwathmey
- Gwathmey is located in Hanover County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Gwathmey
- From Hylas to Gwathmey
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 Hylas. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Hylas.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Hylas. 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 Hylas.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Hylas. See our Newspapers Page for Hylas.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Hylas ...
Looking for more information about Hylas? 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 Hylas, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Hylas.
Adding Hylas to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Hylas 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 for Hylas was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Hylas post office opened in 1893.
We also found Hylas on a map titled Rand McNally Map (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Hylas.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Hanover, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Hylas - 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 Hylas area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Hylas 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |