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Welcome to McDuff ...

McDuff is located in Caroline County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of McDuff, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

McDuff is 220 feet [67 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for McDuff: 804 & 686<3>

Communities Also Named McDuff ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named McDuff - it's located in Texas.

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

Communities near McDuff ...

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

  • Ashland
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Bowling Green
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Burruss Corner
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Burruss Corner is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burruss Corner
  • Penola
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Penola is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penola
  • Verdon
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Verdon is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verdon
  • Doswell
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Hewlett
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Hewlett is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hewlett
  • DeJarnette
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • DeJarnette is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeJarnette
  • Taylorsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Taylorsville is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taylorsville
  • Beaverdam
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for McDuff ...

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

Adding McDuff to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the McDuff post office opened in 1901. The McDuff post office closed in 1932.

For more details, see References and Mentions for McDuff.

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 McDuff - 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 McDuff area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the McDuff 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/