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Welcome to Minnieville ...

Minnieville is located in Prince William County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Minnieville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Minnieville is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Minnieville: 703 & 571<3>

Communities near Minnieville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Minnieville ...

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

Adding Minnieville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Minnieville post office opened in 1884. The Minnieville post office closed in 1924.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Minnieville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Prince William, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Minnieville - 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 703 code has been Overlayed with the 571 area code. New phone numbers in the Minnieville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 703 or 571. As a result, placing a call in the Minnieville 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/