Welcome to Pizarro ...
Pizarro is located in Floyd County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Pizarro, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.
Pizarro is 2,330 feet [710 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Pizarro is about ½ mile above sea level.
Time Zone: Pizarro lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Pizarro: 540 & 826<3>
Communities Also Named Pizarro ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Pizarro - it's located in Washington.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pizarro.
Communities near Pizarro ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Pizarro.
- Christiansburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rocky Mount
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Floyd
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Boones Mill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Haycock
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Haycock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haycock
- Haycock is located in Floyd County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Haycock
- From Pizarro to Haycock
- Poff
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Simpsons
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Terrys Fork
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Charity
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Charity. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charity
- Charity is located in Patrick County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Charity
- From Pizarro to Charity
- Dodson
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dodson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodson
- Dodson is located in Patrick County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Dodson
- From Pizarro to Dodson
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 Pizarro. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pizarro.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Pizarro. 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 Pizarro.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Pizarro. See our Newspapers Page for Pizarro.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pizarro ...
Looking for more information about Pizarro? 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 Pizarro, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pizarro.
Adding Pizarro to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Pizarro 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 Pizarro was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Pizarro post office opened in 1886.
We also found Pizarro in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Pizarro.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Floyd, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pizarro - 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 Pizarro area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Pizarro 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> | 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. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |