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Welcome to Westboro ...So far, we found very little information about Westboro. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Westboro to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Westboro, please Contact Us. Westboro would have been located within present day Dinwiddie County<2>. The location of Westboro has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Westboro, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883. While the community is gone, the present day location for Westboro is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Westboro was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Westboro once stood is in the (804) area code. Communities Also Named Westboro ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Westboro - they are located in Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Ontario (3) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Westboro. Communities near Westboro ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Westboro.
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 Westboro. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Westboro. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Westboro. 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 Westboro. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Westboro. See our Newspapers Page for Westboro. Adding Westboro to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Westboro 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 Westboro was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Westboro in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Westboro. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Dinwiddie County: www.dinwiddieva.us/ The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/ Footnotes ...
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