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Welcome to Onville ...So far, we found very little information about Onville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Onville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Onville, please Contact Us. Onville would have been located within present day Stafford County<2>. The location of Onville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Onville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886. While the community is gone, the present day location for Onville is 220 feet [67 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Onville was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Onville would have been located in the (540) area code. Communities near Onville ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Onville.
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 Onville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Onville. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Onville. 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 Onville. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Onville. See our Newspapers Page for Onville. Adding Onville to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Onville 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 Onville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Onville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Onville. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Stafford County: www.co.stafford.va.us/ The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/ Footnotes ...
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