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Welcome to Vicker ...

Vicker is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vicker, you might consider that their post office opened in 1924.

Vicker is 1,790 feet [546 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Vicker: 540 & 826<3>

Websites for Vicker ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.montgomerycc.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Vicker, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Vicker ...

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

  • Blacksburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Christiansburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Radford
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Pulaski
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Pearisburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Dublin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Pembroke
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Floyd
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Cowan
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Cowan is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
  • Fairlawn
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Fairlawn is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairlawn

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vicker ...

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

Adding Vicker to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Vicker 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 Vicker was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vicker.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Vicker - 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 Vicker area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Vicker 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.