Welcome to Sweet Briar Station ...

Sweet Briar Station is located in Amherst County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Sweet Briar Station, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

A typical abbreviation for Sweet Briar Station: Sweet Briar Sta. (in Canada, 'Stn.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Sweet Briar Station is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Sweet Briar Station: 434

Communities near Sweet Briar Station ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sweet Briar Station.

Lynchburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- 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 <3>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Lynchburg
- From Sweet Briar Station to Lynchburg
Buena Vista
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Buena Vista have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
- Buena Vista is located in Buena Vista City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,402 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buena Vista <3>
Appomattox
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- 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 <3>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Appomattox
- From Sweet Briar Station to Appomattox
Monitor
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Monitor. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monitor
- Monitor is located in Amherst County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Monitor
- From Sweet Briar Station to Monitor
Winesap
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winesap
- Winesap is located in Amherst County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Winesap
- From Sweet Briar Station to Winesap
New Glasgow
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for New Glasgow. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Glasgow
- New Glasgow is located in Amherst County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to New Glasgow
- From Sweet Briar Station to New Glasgow
Madison Heights
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison Heights
- Madison Heights is located in Amherst County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madison Heights <3>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Madison Heights
- From Sweet Briar Station to Madison Heights
Sandidges
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sandidges. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandidges
- Sandidges is located in Amherst County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Sandidges
- From Sweet Briar Station to Sandidges
Walkers Ford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Walkers Ford. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkers Ford
- Walkers Ford is located in Amherst County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Walkers Ford
- From Sweet Briar Station to Walkers Ford
Abert
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Abert. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abert
- Abert is located in Bedford County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Abert
- From Sweet Briar Station to Abert

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sweet Briar Station ...

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

Adding Sweet Briar Station to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sweet Briar Station 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 Sweet Briar Station was on a map titled Map of Virginia (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sweet Briar Station.

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Amherst, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sweet Briar Station - 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>	The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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.