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Welcome to Patna ...

Patna is located in Highland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Patna, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

Patna is 1,700 feet [518 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Patna: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Patna ...

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

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

Communities near Patna ...

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

  • Craigsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Goshen
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Monterey
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Deerfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Deerfield is located in Augusta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deerfield
  • Burnsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Burnsville is located in Bath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnsville
  • McDowell
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Bolar
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Bolar is located in Bath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bolar
  • Marble Valley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Marble Valley is located in Augusta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marble Valley
  • Fort Lewis ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Fort Lewis is located in Bath County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Lewis
  • West Augusta
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • West Augusta is located in Augusta County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Augusta

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Patna ...

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

Adding Patna to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Patna 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 Patna was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Patna post office opened in 1904. The Patna post office closed in 1930.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Patna.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Highland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Patna - 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 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Patna area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Patna 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/