Welcome to Laird ...

So far, we found very little information about Laird. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Laird to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Laird, please Contact Us.

Laird would have been located within present day Dinwiddie County<2>.

The location of Laird has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Laird, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1891.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Laird is 250 feet [76 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Laird was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Laird once stood is in the (804) area code.

Communities Also Named Laird ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Laird - they are located in Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan and Texas.

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

Communities near Laird ...

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

• Petersburg
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
  • Petersburg is located in Petersburg City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,446 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petersburg <5>
• Colonial Heights
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonial Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Heights
  • Colonial Heights is located in Colonial Heights City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,205 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colonial Heights <5>
• Jarratt
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarratt
  • Jarratt is located in Greensville County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 553 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jarratt <5>
• McKenney
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McKenney
  • McKenney is located in Dinwiddie County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McKenney <5>
• Stony Creek
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stony Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stony Creek
  • Stony Creek is located in Sussex County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stony Creek <5>
• Callaville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Callaville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callaville
  • Callaville is located in Brunswick County
• Addison
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Addison
  • Addison is located in Dinwiddie County
• Darvills
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darvills
  • Darvills is located in Dinwiddie County
• Maitland Village
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maitland Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maitland Village
  • Maitland Village is located in Dinwiddie County
• Grant Village
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grant Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant Village
  • Grant Village is located in Dinwiddie County

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

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

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

Adding Laird to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Laird in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Laird was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Laird post office opened in 1891.

We also found Laird in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Laird.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Dinwiddie County: www.dinwiddieva.us/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/