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Welcome to Sanville ...

Sanville is located in Henry County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sanville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1895.

Sanville is 1,190 feet [363 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Sanville: 276

Communities Also Named Sanville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Sanville - it's located in North Carolina.

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

Communities near Sanville ...

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

  • Martinsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Stuart
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Stoneville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stoneville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoneville
    • Stoneville is located in Rockingham County (NC)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,261 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stoneville <3>
  • Ridgeway
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Floyd
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Bassett
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Stanleytown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stanleytown have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stanleytown
    • Stanleytown is located in Henry County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stanleytown <3>
  • Fieldale
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Preston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
    • Preston is located in Henry County
  • Stella
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stella
    • Stella is located in Patrick County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sanville ...

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

Adding Sanville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sanville post office opened in 1895.

We also found Sanville on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sanville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Henry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sanville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/