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Welcome to Provost ...

Provost is located in Powhatan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Provost, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Provost is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Provost: 804 & 686<3>

Communities Also Named Provost ...

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

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

Communities near Provost ...

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

  • Columbia
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Beaumont
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Beaumont is located in Powhatan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beaumont
  • Belona
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Belona is located in Powhatan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belona
  • Michaux
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Michaux is located in Powhatan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Michaux
  • Goochland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Maidens
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Clinton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Clinton is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
  • Thorncliff
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Thorncliff is located in Goochland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thorncliff
  • Fife
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sandy Hook
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Sandy Hook is located in Goochland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Provost ...

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

Adding Provost to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Provost post office opened in 1902. The Provost post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Provost.

Footnotes ...

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