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Welcome to Lent ...

Lent is located in Caroline County<1>.

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.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lent: 804 & 686<3>

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)
  • Colonial Beach
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Bowling Green
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Port Royal
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • New London
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • New London is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New London
  • Stuart Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Stuart Corner is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stuart Corner
  • Moss Neck
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Moss Neck is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moss Neck
  • Olney Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Olney Corner is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olney Corner
  • Arnolds Corner
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Arnolds Corner is located in King George County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arnolds Corner
  • King George
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)

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 (so far) 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. The Lent post office closed in 1929.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lent.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Caroline, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lent - 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 Lent area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Lent 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>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/