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Welcome to Skeggs ...

Skeggs is located in Buchanan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Skeggs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Skeggs is 1,550 feet [472 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Skeggs: 276

Communities near Skeggs ...

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

  • Richlands
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Lebanon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Honaker
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Cedar Bluff
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Grundy
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Haysi
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Haysi is located in Dickenson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haysi
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 460 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haysi <3>
  • Clinchco
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Bradshaw
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Cleveland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Cleveland is located in Russell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 170 people
  • Janey
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Janey is located in Buchanan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janey

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Skeggs ...

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

Adding Skeggs to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Skeggs post office opened in 1903. The Skeggs post office closed in 1952.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Skeggs.

Footnotes ...

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