Welcome to Mechanicsville ...

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

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

Mechanicsville would have been located within present day Louisa County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mechanicsville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1833.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Mechanicsville is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

If Mechanicsville still existed, it would have been in the (540) area code.

Communities Also Named Mechanicsville ...

While we believe that this Mechanicsville is located in Louisa County, we know of another 4 Virginia communities named Mechanicsville. Those communities are located in the following counties: Hanover, Loudoun, Rockbridge and Rockingham County.

Beyond Virginia, there are 44 communities that are also named Mechanicsville - they are located in Alabama (2), Connecticut (2), Delaware, Georgia (3), Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey (3), Ohio (3), Ontario (3), Pennsylvania (10), South Carolina (3), Tennessee and Vermont (2).

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

Communities near Mechanicsville ...

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

• Charlottesville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charlottesville
  • Charlottesville is located in Charlottesville City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,950 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charlottesville <5>
• Orange
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orange
  • Orange is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,166 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orange <5>
• Louisa
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louisa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisa
  • Louisa is located in Louisa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,764 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Louisa <5>
• Gordonsville
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonsville
  • Gordonsville is located in Orange County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,647 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gordonsville <5>
• Mineral
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mineral have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral
  • Mineral is located in Louisa County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 529 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mineral <5>
• Medlock
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Medlock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medlock
  • Medlock is located in Louisa County
• Trevilians
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trevilians
  • Trevilians is located in Louisa County
• Bells Crossroads
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bells Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bells Crossroads
  • Bells Crossroads is located in Louisa County
• Keswick
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keswick
  • Keswick is located in Albemarle County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keswick <5>
• Madison Run
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Run
  • Madison Run is located in Orange 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 Mechanicsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mechanicsville.

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

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

Adding Mechanicsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mechanicsville 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 Mechanicsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Mechanicsville post office opened in 1833.

We also found Mechanicsville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mechanicsville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Louisa County: www.louisacounty.com/

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