Welcome to Sherwill ...

Sherwill is located in Campbell County<1>.

The location of Sherwill has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sherwill, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1894.

Sherwill is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Sherwill is within the (434) area code.

Communities near Sherwill ...

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

• Lynchburg
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
  • Lynchburg is located in Lynchburg City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 81,561 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynchburg <4>
• Appomattox
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appomattox
  • Appomattox is located in Appomattox County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,808 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Appomattox <4>
• Brookneal
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookneal
  • Brookneal is located in Campbell County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,104 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookneal <4>
• Pamplin City
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pamplin City
  • Pamplin City is located in Appomattox County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pamplin City <4>
• Phenix
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Phenix have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix
  • Phenix is located in Charlotte County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 211 people
• Concord
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
  • Concord is located in Campbell County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Concord <4>
• Spout Spring
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spout Spring
  • Spout Spring is located in Appomattox County
• Rustburg
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rustburg
  • Rustburg is located in Campbell County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rustburg <4>
• Evergreen
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Evergreen have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evergreen
  • Evergreen is located in Appomattox County
• Gladys
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gladys
  • Gladys is located in Campbell County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gladys <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sherwill ...

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

Adding Sherwill to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Sherwill post office opened in 1894.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sherwill.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Campbell County: www.co.campbell.va.us/

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