RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Virginia >> Gloucester County >> PampaIndex...

Welcome to Pampa ...

Pampa is located in Gloucester County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pampa, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Pampa is 110 feet [34 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pampa: 804 & 686<3>

Communities Also Named Pampa ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Pampa - they are located in California, Texas and Washington.

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

Communities near Pampa ...

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

  • Williamsburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • West Point
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Kilmarnock
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Urbanna
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Irvington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • White Stone
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Freeport
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Freeport is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
  • Plain View
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Plain View is located in King and Queen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plain View
  • Saluda
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Ark
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Ark is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ark

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pampa ...

Looking for more information about Pampa? 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 Pampa, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pampa.

Adding Pampa to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pampa 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 (so far) for Pampa was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Pampa post office opened in 1897. The Pampa post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pampa.

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 Pampa - 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 Pampa area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Pampa area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/