Welcome to Old Pilot ...
So far, we found very little information about Old Pilot. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Old Pilot to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Old Pilot, please Contact Us.
Old Pilot would have been located within present day Appomattox County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Old Pilot, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Old Pilot is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Old Pilot was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Code where Old Pilot was located: 434
Communities near Old Pilot ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Old Pilot.
- Lynchburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Amherst
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Appomattox
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Brookneal
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pamplin City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Phenix
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Phenix is located in Charlotte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
- Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
- Spring Mills
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Spring Mills is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Mills
- Chap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Chap is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chap
- Evergreen
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Evergreen is located in Appomattox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
- Mount Athos ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Athos is located in Campbell County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Athos
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 Old Pilot. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Old Pilot.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Old Pilot. 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 Old Pilot.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Old Pilot. See our Newspapers Page for Old Pilot.
Adding Old Pilot to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Old Pilot 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 (so far) for Old Pilot was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Old Pilot post office opened in 1886. The Old Pilot post office closed in 1893.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Old Pilot.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Old Pilot, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Appomattox, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Old Pilot - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <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/ |