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Welcome to Wills Corner ...

Wills Corner is primarily located in Isle of Wight County<1>. A portion of Wills Corner extends into Suffolk City.

A typical abbreviation for Wills Corner: Wills Cor. (or less commonly used: Wills Crn.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Wills Corner for more information about variations on the name of Wills Corner.

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

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

Area Codes for Wills Corner: 757 & 948<3>

Communities near Wills Corner ...

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

  • Chesapeake
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Norfolk
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Newport News
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Hampton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Portsmouth
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Suffolk
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Smithfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Windsor
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Windsor is located in Isle of Wight County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,800 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windsor <4>
  • Ivor
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Ivor is located in Southampton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 315 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ivor <4>
  • Bennett Harbor
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Bennett Harbor is located in Suffolk City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennett Harbor

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Wills Corner ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Isle of Wight, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Wills Corner - 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 Wills Corner area will be assigned with one of these codes: 757 or 948. As a result, placing a call in the Wills Corner 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.