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Welcome to Poplar Forest ...

Poplar Forest is located in Goochland County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Poplar Forest: Poplar Frst.

Poplar Forest is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Poplar Forest: 804 & 686<3>

Communities Also Named Poplar Forest ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Virginia communities named Poplar Forest: This one is located in Goochland County and the other is located in Bedford County.

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

Communities near Poplar Forest ...

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

  • Ashland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Mineral
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Columbia
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Goochland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Maidens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Sandy Hook
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Sandy Hook is located in Goochland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
  • Beaumont
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Beaumont is located in Powhatan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
  • Shelfar
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Shelfar is located in Louisa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelfar
  • Thorncliff
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Thorncliff is located in Goochland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorncliff
  • Vontay
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Vontay is located in Hanover County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vontay

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Poplar Forest ...

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

Footnotes ...

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