Welcome to Onan ...
Onan is located in Nelson County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Onan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.
Onan is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Onan lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Onan: 434
Communities near Onan ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Onan.
- Charlottesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Staunton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Waynesboro
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grottoes
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Greenfield
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Greenfield. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
- Greenfield is located in Nelson County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Greenfield
- From Onan to Greenfield
- Batesville
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lodebar
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Yancey Mills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Yancey Mills. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yancey Mills
- Yancey Mills is located in Albemarle County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Yancey Mills
- From Onan to Yancey Mills
- Lyndhurst
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Nellysford
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
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 Onan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Onan.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Onan. 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 Onan.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Onan. See our Newspapers Page for Onan.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Onan ...
Looking for more information about Onan? 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 Onan, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Onan.
Adding Onan to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Onan 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 for Onan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Onan post office opened in 1882. The Onan post office closed in 1926.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Onan.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Nelson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Onan - 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <5> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |