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Welcome to Prim ...

Prim is located in King George County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Prim, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911.

Prim is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Prim: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Prim ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Prim - it's located in Arkansas.

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

Communities near Prim ...

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

  • Colonial Beach
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Montross
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Port Royal
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Port Tobacco Village
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Port Tobacco Village is located in Charles County (MD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Tobacco Village
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15 people
  • Edgehill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Edgehill is located in King George County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgehill
  • Monroe Hall
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Monroe Hall is located in Westmoreland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe Hall
  • Dahlgren
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Weedonville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Weedonville is located in King George County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weedonville
  • Hampstead
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hampstead is located in King George County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hampstead
  • King George
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Prim ...

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

Adding Prim to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Prim post office opened in 1911. The Prim post office closed in 1934.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Prim.

Footnotes ...

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