Welcome to Swansonville ...

Swansonville is located in Pittsylvania County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Swansonville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1848.

Swansonville is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Swansonville: 434

Communities Also Named Swansonville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Swansonville - it's located in Washington.

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

Communities near Swansonville ...

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

• Danville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Danville
  • Danville is located in Danville City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,869 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Danville <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Danville
  • From Swansonville to Danville
• Martinsville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsville
  • Martinsville is located in Martinsville City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,355 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Martinsville <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Martinsville
  • From Swansonville to Martinsville
• Chatham
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chatham have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatham
  • Chatham is located in Pittsylvania County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,413 people
• Gretna
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gretna
  • Gretna is located in Pittsylvania County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,179 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gretna <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Gretna
  • From Swansonville to Gretna
• Ridgeway
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeway
  • Ridgeway is located in Henry County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ridgeway <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Ridgeway
  • From Swansonville to Ridgeway
• Worlds
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Worlds. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Worlds
  • Worlds is located in Pittsylvania County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Worlds
  • From Swansonville to Worlds
• Leatherwood
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Leatherwood. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leatherwood
  • Leatherwood is located in Henry County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Leatherwood
  • From Swansonville to Leatherwood
• Weal
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weal
  • Weal is located in Pittsylvania County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Weal
  • From Swansonville to Weal
• Museville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Museville
  • Museville is located in Pittsylvania County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Museville
  • From Swansonville to Museville
• Axton
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Axton
  • Axton is located in Henry County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Axton <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Axton
  • From Swansonville to Axton

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Swansonville ...

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

Adding Swansonville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Swansonville post office opened in 1848.

We also found Swansonville in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Swansonville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Pittsylvania County: www.pittgov.org/

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