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Welcome to Naola ...

Naola is located in Amherst County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Naola, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Naola is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Naola: 434

Communities Also Named Naola ...

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

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

Communities near Naola ...

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

  • Lynchburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Lexington
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Bedford
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Buena Vista
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Amherst
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Glasgow
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Abert
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Abert is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abert
  • Pleasant View
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant View is located in Amherst County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
  • Boonsboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Boonsboro is located in Bedford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boonsboro
  • Allwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Allwood is located in Amherst County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allwood

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Naola ...

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

Adding Naola to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Naola 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 Naola was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Naola post office opened in 1893. The Naola post office closed in 1966.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Naola.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Amherst, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Naola - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/