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>.
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.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Onville was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Onville was located: 540 & 826<4>
Communities near Onville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Onville.
- Manassas
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Fredericksburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Dumfries
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Indian Head
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Occoquan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Remington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Quantico
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Canterbury Village
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Canterbury Village is located in Stafford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canterbury Village
- Joplin
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Joplin is located in Prince William County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joplin
- Stafford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
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 (so far) for Onville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Onville post office opened in 1886. The Onville post office closed in 1942.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Onville.
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 Onville, 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 Stafford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Onville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Onville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Onville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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/ |