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Welcome to Tobaccoville ...

Tobaccoville is located in Powhatan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tobaccoville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Tobaccoville is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Tobaccoville: 804 & 686<3>

Communities Also Named Tobaccoville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Tobaccoville - it's located in North Carolina.

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

Communities near Tobaccoville ...

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

  • Columbia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Clinton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Clinton is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
  • Belona
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Belona is located in Powhatan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belona
  • Lodore
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Lodore is located in Amelia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodore
  • Paineville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Paineville is located in Amelia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paineville
  • Cumberland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Rodophil
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Rodophil is located in Amelia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodophil
  • Amelia Court House
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Masons Corner
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Masons Corner is located in Amelia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Masons Corner
  • Trents Mill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Trents Mill is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trents Mill

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tobaccoville ...

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

Adding Tobaccoville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tobaccoville post office opened in 1887. The Tobaccoville post office closed in 1951.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tobaccoville.

Footnotes ...

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