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Welcome to Rumford ...

Rumford is located in King William County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Rumford, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Rumford is 160 feet [49 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Rumford: 804 & 686<3>

Communities Also Named Rumford ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Rumford - they are located in Maine, Rhode Island and South Dakota.

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

Communities near Rumford ...

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Rumford ...

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

Adding Rumford to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Rumford post office opened in 1886. The Rumford post office closed in 1956.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Rumford.

Footnotes ...

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