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Welcome to Weirwood ...

Weirwood is located in Northampton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Weirwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

Weirwood is 30 feet [9 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Weirwood: 757 & 948<3>

Communities Also Named Weirwood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Weirwood - it's located in West Virginia.

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

Communities near Weirwood ...

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

  • Exmore
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Exmore is located in Northampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exmore
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,362 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Exmore <4>
  • Onancock
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Cape Charles
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Belle Haven
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Onley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Cheriton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Melfa
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Eastville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Wachapreague
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Painter
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Weirwood ...

Looking for more information about Weirwood? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Weirwood, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Weirwood.

Adding Weirwood to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Weirwood post office opened in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Weirwood.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Northampton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Weirwood - 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 757 code has been Overlayed with the 948 area code. New phone numbers in the Weirwood area will be assigned with one of these codes: 757 or 948. As a result, placing a call in the Weirwood 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/