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Welcome to Rivanna ...

Rivanna is located in Albemarle County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rivanna, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Rivanna is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Rivanna: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Rivanna ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Virginia communities named Rivanna: This one is located in Albemarle County and the other is located in Fluvanna County.

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

Communities near Rivanna ...

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

  • Charlottesville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Gordonsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Stanardsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Advance Mills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Advance Mills is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills
    • Advance Mills has also been known as:
    • Fray's Mills
  • Eastham
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Eastham is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastham
  • Gilbert
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Gilbert is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilbert
  • Advance Mills Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Advance Mills Village is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance Mills Village
  • Barracks
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Barracks is located in Albemarle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barracks
  • Free Union
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Locust Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Locust Grove is located in Charlottesville City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rivanna ...

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

Adding Rivanna to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rivanna post office opened in 1880. The Rivanna post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rivanna.

Footnotes ...

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