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Welcome to Salt Petre Cave ...

Salt Petre Cave is located in Botetourt County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Salt Petre Cave, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

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

Area Codes for Salt Petre Cave: 540 & 826<2>

The community of Salt Petre Cave has also been called Salt Peter Cave. and Saltpetre. For more information about the names of Salt Petre Cave, see The Names of Salt Petre Cave on our Genealogy Page.

Communities near Salt Petre Cave ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Salt Petre Cave.

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Salt Petre Cave ...

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

Adding Salt Petre Cave to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Salt Petre Cave in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Salt Petre Cave was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Salt Petre Cave.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Botetourt, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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 Salt Petre Cave area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Salt Petre Cave area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.