Welcome to Lent ...

Lent is located in Caroline County<1>.

The location of Lent has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lent, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1894.

Lent is 180 feet [55 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The telephone area code for Lent: (804)

Communities Also Named Lent ...

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

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

Communities near Lent ...

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

• Fredericksburg
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredericksburg
  • Fredericksburg is located in Fredericksburg City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,492 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fredericksburg <4>
• Colonial Beach
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Beach
  • Colonial Beach is located in Westmoreland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,645 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colonial Beach <4>
• Bowling Green
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowling Green
  • Bowling Green is located in Caroline County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,182 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <4>
• Port Royal
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Royal
  • Port Royal is located in Caroline County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Royal <4>
• New London
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New London have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
  • New London is located in Caroline County
• Stuart Corner
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuart Corner
  • Stuart Corner is located in Caroline County
• Olney Corner
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney Corner
  • Olney Corner is located in Caroline County
• Arnolds Corner
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnolds Corner
  • Arnolds Corner is located in King George County
• King George
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King George
  • King George is located in King George County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for King George <4>
• Shiloh
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiloh
  • Shiloh is located in King George 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 Lent. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lent.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lent ...

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

Adding Lent to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lent post office opened in 1894.

We also found Lent on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lent.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lent. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Caroline County: www.co.caroline.va.us/

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