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Welcome to Pelton ...

Pelton is located in Shenandoah County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pelton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Pelton is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pelton: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Pelton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Pelton - they are located in Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Ontario and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Pelton ...

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

  • Petersburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Petersburg is located in Fauquier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petersburg
  • Front Royal
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Strasburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Woodstock
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Luray
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Mount Jackson
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Stephens City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Middletown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Edinburg
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Toms Brook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pelton ...

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

Adding Pelton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pelton post office opened in 1899. The Pelton post office closed in 1935.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pelton.

Footnotes ...

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