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Welcome to Pole Green ...

Pole Green is located in Hanover County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pole Green, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

A typical abbreviation for Pole Green: Pole Grn.

Pole Green is 190 feet [58 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pole Green: 804 & 686<3>

Communities near Pole Green ...

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

  • Richmond
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Ashland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Chamberlayne
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Chamberlayne is located in Henrico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamberlayne
  • East Highland Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • East Highland Park is located in Henrico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Highland Park
  • Highland Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Oak Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Hill is located in Henrico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Hill
  • Fair Oaks
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Fair Oaks is located in Henrico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fair Oaks
  • Heckler Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Heckler Village is located in Henrico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heckler Village
  • Lakeside
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Lakeside is located in Henrico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeside
  • Longdale
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Longdale is located in Henrico County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longdale

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pole Green ...

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

Adding Pole Green to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pole Green post office opened in 1879. The Pole Green post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pole Green.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Hanover, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pole Green - 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 Pole Green area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Pole Green 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/