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Welcome to Weal ...

Weal is located in Pittsylvania County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Weal, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Weal is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Weal: 434

Communities near Weal ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Weal ...

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

Adding Weal to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Weal 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 Weal was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Weal post office opened in 1889. The Weal post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Weal.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Pittsylvania, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Weal - 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>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/