Welcome to Spotsylvania Courthouse ...

Spotsylvania Courthouse is located in Spotsylvania County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spotsylvania Courthouse, you might consider that their post office opened in 1800.

Spotsylvania Courthouse is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Spotsylvania Courthouse: 540 & 826<3>

Communities near Spotsylvania Courthouse ...

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

Fredericksburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
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- Fredericksburg is located in Fredericksburg City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,492 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fredericksburg <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Fredericksburg
- From Spotsylvania Courthouse to Fredericksburg
Bowling Green
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
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- Bowling Green is located in Caroline County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,182 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bowling Green <4>
- Google driving directions:
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- From Spotsylvania Courthouse to Bowling Green
Leavells
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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- Leavells is located in Spotsylvania County
- Google driving directions:
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- From Spotsylvania Courthouse to Leavells
Massaponax
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Massaponax. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
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- Massaponax is located in Spotsylvania County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Massaponax
- From Spotsylvania Courthouse to Massaponax
Post Oak
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
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- Post Oak is located in Spotsylvania County
- Google driving directions:
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- From Spotsylvania Courthouse to Post Oak
Screamerville ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Screamerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screamerville
- Screamerville is located in Spotsylvania County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Screamerville
- From Spotsylvania Courthouse to Screamerville
Todds Tavern
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
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- Todds Tavern is located in Spotsylvania County
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- From Spotsylvania Courthouse to Todds Tavern
Brockroad
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
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- Brockroad is located in Spotsylvania County
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- From Spotsylvania Courthouse to Brockroad
McHenry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
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- McHenry is located in Spotsylvania County
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- From your current location to McHenry
- From Spotsylvania Courthouse to McHenry
Thornburg
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
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- Thornburg is located in Spotsylvania County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thornburg <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Thornburg
- From Spotsylvania Courthouse to Thornburg

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spotsylvania Courthouse ...

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

Adding Spotsylvania Courthouse to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Spotsylvania Courthouse 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 Spotsylvania Courthouse was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Spotsylvania Courthouse post office opened in 1800.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spotsylvania Courthouse.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Spotsylvania, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spotsylvania Courthouse - 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 Spotsylvania Courthouse area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Spotsylvania Courthouse 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>	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.
<6>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/