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Welcome to Regent ...

Regent is located in Middlesex County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Regent, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Regent is 30 feet [9 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Regent: 804 & 686<3>

Communities Also Named Regent ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Regent - they are located in Illinois, Manitoba, Nevada, North Dakota and Ontario.

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

Communities near Regent ...

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

  • West Point
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Kilmarnock
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Urbanna
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Irvington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • White Stone
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Freeport
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Freeport is located in Gloucester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeport
  • Weems
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Weems is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weems
  • Amburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Amburg is located in Middlesex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amburg
  • Millenbeck
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Millenbeck is located in Lancaster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millenbeck
  • North
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Regent ...

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

Adding Regent to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Regent post office opened in 1894. The Regent post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Regent.

Footnotes ...

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