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Welcome to Philpott ...

Philpott is located in Henry County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Philpott, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Philpott is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Philpott: 276

Communities near Philpott ...

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

  • Martinsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Rocky Mount
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Stuart
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Ridgeway
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Floyd
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Oak Level
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Oak Level is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Level
  • Prilliman
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Prilliman is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prilliman
  • Reed Creek Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Reed Creek Village is located in Henry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reed Creek Village
  • Dodson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Dodson is located in Patrick County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson
  • Collinsville
    (7 miles [11.3 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 Philpott. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Philpott.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Philpott ...

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

Adding Philpott to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Philpott 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 Philpott was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Philpott post office opened in 1900. The Philpott post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Philpott.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Henry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Philpott - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/