Welcome to Villa ...
So far, we found very little information about Villa. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Villa to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Villa, please Contact Us.
Villa would have been located within present day Franklin County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Villa, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Villa is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Villa was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Codes where Villa was located: 540 & 826<4>
Communities Also Named Villa ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Villa - they are located in Delaware, Ohio, Texas, Utah and West Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Villa.
Communities near Villa ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Villa.
- Roanoke
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roanoke
- Roanoke is located in Roanoke City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 99,058 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roanoke <5>
- Radford
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast) - Vinton
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinton
- Vinton is located in Roanoke County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,128 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vinton <5>
- Rocky Mount
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Rocky Mount is located in Franklin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,712 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rocky Mount <5>
- Boones Mill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boones Mill
- Boones Mill is located in Franklin County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 233 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boones Mill <5>
- Gogginsville
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Gogginsville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gogginsville
- Gogginsville is located in Franklin County
- Barfoot
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barfoot
- Barfoot is located in Franklin County
- Hales Ford ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hales Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hales Ford
- Hales Ford is located in Franklin County
- Hickman
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west) - Union Hall
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union Hall have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Hall
- Union Hall is located in Franklin County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union Hall <5>
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 Villa. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Villa.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Villa. 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 Villa.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Villa. See our Newspapers Page for Villa.
Adding Villa to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Villa in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Villa was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>
X2X - From that list, the Villa post office opened in 1854.
We also found Villa in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Villa.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Franklin County: www.franklincountyva.org/
The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Villa, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Villa - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | 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 Villa area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Villa area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | 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. |
| <7> | 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. |
| <8> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |