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Welcome to Shumansville ...

Shumansville is located in Caroline County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Shumansville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.

Shumansville is 190 feet [58 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Shumansville: 804 & 686<3>

Communities near Shumansville ...

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

  • Ashland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Bowling Green
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Port Royal
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Sparta
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Sparta is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
  • DeJarnette
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • DeJarnette is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeJarnette
  • Penola
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Penola is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penola
  • Beulahville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Beulahville is located in King William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beulahville
  • Burruss Corner
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Burruss Corner is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burruss Corner
  • Tuck Fork
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Tuck Fork is located in King William County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuck Fork
  • Central Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Central Point is located in Caroline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Point

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shumansville ...

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

Adding Shumansville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Shumansville post office opened in 1872. The Shumansville post office closed in 1973.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Shumansville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Caroline, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Shumansville - 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 804 code has been Overlayed with the 686 area code. New phone numbers in the Shumansville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Shumansville 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>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/