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Welcome to Seneca ...

Seneca is located in Campbell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Seneca, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.

Seneca is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Seneca: 434

Communities Also Named Seneca ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 26 communities that are also named Seneca - they are located in Arizona, California, Florida (2), Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan (2), Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Ohio (2), Ontario, Oregon (2), Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Seneca ...

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

  • Altavista
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Hurt
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Hurt is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hurt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,211 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hurt <3>
  • Gretna
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Gretna is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gretna
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,179 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gretna <3>
  • Brookneal
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Gladys
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Melrose
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Melrose is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
  • Cody
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Cody is located in Halifax County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cody
  • Brutus
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Brutus is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brutus
  • Mount Zion
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Mount Zion is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Zion
  • Renan
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Renan is located in Pittsylvania County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Renan

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Seneca ...

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

Adding Seneca to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Seneca 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 Seneca was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Seneca post office opened in 1910. The Seneca post office closed in 1928.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Seneca.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Campbell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Seneca - 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>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/