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Welcome to Oldrag ...So far, we found very little information about Oldrag. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Oldrag to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Oldrag, please Contact Us. Oldrag would have been located within present day Madison County<2>. The location of Oldrag has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Oldrag, you might consider that their post office opened in 1919. While the community is gone, the present day location for Oldrag is 1,960 feet [597 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Oldrag was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Oldrag once stood is in the (540) area code. Communities near Oldrag ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Oldrag.
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 Oldrag. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oldrag. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Oldrag. 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 Oldrag. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Oldrag. See our Newspapers Page for Oldrag. Adding Oldrag to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Oldrag 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 Oldrag was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Oldrag. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/ Footnotes ...
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