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Welcome to Nuckols ...

Nuckols is located in Buckingham County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nuckols, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Nuckols is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Nuckols: 434

Communities Also Named Nuckols ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Nuckols - they are located in Alabama, Idaho and Kentucky.

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

Communities near Nuckols ...

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

  • Scottsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Dillwyn
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Columbia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Trenton Mills
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Trenton Mills is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton Mills
  • Arvonia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Cumberland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • New Canton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • New Canton is located in Buckingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Canton
  • Bridgeport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Bridgeport is located in Buckingham County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
  • Lakeside Village
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Lakeside Village is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside Village
  • Guinea Mills
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Guinea Mills is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guinea Mills

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Nuckols ...

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

Adding Nuckols to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Nuckols post office opened in 1894. The Nuckols post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nuckols.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Buckingham, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Nuckols - 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/