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Welcome to Ordinary ...

Ordinary is located in Gloucester County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ordinary, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1889.

Ordinary is 30 feet [9 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Ordinary lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Ordinary: 804 & 686<3>

The ZIP code for Ordinary: 23131<4>

Communities Also Named Ordinary ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Ordinary - it's located in Kentucky.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Ordinary.

Communities near Ordinary ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Ordinary.

  • Newport News
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Williamsburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Poquoson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Poquoson have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poquoson
    • Poquoson is located in Poquoson City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,257 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Poquoson <5>
  • Achilles
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Gloucester Point
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gloucester Point have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloucester Point
    • Gloucester Point is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gloucester Point <5>
  • Clay Bank
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clay Bank. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay Bank
    • Clay Bank is located in Gloucester County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Clay Bank
    • From Ordinary to Clay Bank
  • Money
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Money have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Money
    • Money is located in Gloucester County
  • York View
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Yorktown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Gloucester Courthouse
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gloucester Courthouse have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gloucester Courthouse
    • Gloucester Courthouse is located in Gloucester County

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 Ordinary. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ordinary.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ordinary. 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 Ordinary.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Ordinary. See our Newspapers Page for Ordinary.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ordinary ...

Looking for more information about Ordinary? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Ordinary, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Ordinary.

Adding Ordinary to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ordinary 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 Ordinary was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

X2X - From that list, the Ordinary post office opened in 1889.

We also found Ordinary in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ordinary.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Ordinary. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Gloucester County: www.co.gloucester.va.us/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Gloucester, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ordinary - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 804 code has been Overlayed with the 686 area code. New phone numbers in the Ordinary area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Ordinary area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Ordinary). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Ordinary or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>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.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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