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Welcome to Jennings Ordinary ...

Jennings Ordinary is located in Nottoway County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jennings Ordinary, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

Jennings Ordinary is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Jennings Ordinary: 434

Communities near Jennings Ordinary ...

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

  • Farmville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Blackstone
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Crewe
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Crewe is located in Nottoway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crewe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,116 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crewe <3>
  • Victoria
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Kenbridge
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Burkeville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Rodophil
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Rodophil is located in Amelia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodophil
  • Winnie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Winnie is located in Nottoway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winnie
  • Green Bay
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Paineville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Paineville is located in Amelia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Jennings Ordinary ...

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

Adding Jennings Ordinary to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Jennings Ordinary 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 Jennings Ordinary was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jennings Ordinary.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Nottoway, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Jennings Ordinary - 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.