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Welcome to Saumsville ...

Saumsville is located in Shenandoah County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Saumsville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1858.

Saumsville is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Saumsville: 540 & 826<3>

Communities near Saumsville ...

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

  • Front Royal
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Strasburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Strasburg have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Strasburg
    • Strasburg is located in Shenandoah County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,716 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Strasburg <4>
  • Woodstock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Luray
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Mount Jackson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mount Jackson have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Jackson
    • Mount Jackson is located in Shenandoah County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,144 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Jackson <4>
  • Stephens City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Stephens City. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stephens City
    • Stephens City is located in Frederick County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,106 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stephens City <4>
  • Middletown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Middletown have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown
    • Middletown is located in Frederick County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,424 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Middletown <4>
  • Edinburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Toms Brook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Wardensville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Saumsville ...

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

Adding Saumsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Saumsville 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 Saumsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Saumsville post office opened in 1858.

We also found Saumsville in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Saumsville.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Saumsville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Shenandoah County: www.co.shenandoah.va.us/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Shenandoah, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Saumsville - 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 Saumsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Saumsville 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>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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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




 

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