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Welcome to Marsailles ...

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

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


Marsailles would have been located within present day Halifax County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Marsailles, you might consider that their post office opened in 1820.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Marsailles is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Code where Marsailles was located: 434

Websites for Marsailles ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.halifaxchamber.net/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Marsailles, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Marsailles ...

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

  • Roxboro
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Roxboro is located in Person County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roxboro
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,383 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roxboro <4>
  • South Boston
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Halifax
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Clover
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Milton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Milton is located in Caswell County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <4>
  • Virgilina
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Scottsburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jones
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jones is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jones
  • Westside Village
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Westside Village is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westside Village
  • Cluster Springs
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Cluster Springs is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cluster Springs

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

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

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

Adding Marsailles to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Marsailles 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 (so far) for Marsailles was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Marsailles post office opened in 1820. The Marsailles post office closed in 1831.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Marsailles.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Marsailles, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Halifax, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Marsailles - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/