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Welcome to Winterpock ...

Winterpock is located in Chesterfield County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Winterpock, you might consider that their post office opened in 1850.

Winterpock is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Winterpock: 804 & 686<3>

Websites for Winterpock ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.chesterfieldchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Winterpock, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Winterpock ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Winterpock ...

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

Adding Winterpock to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Winterpock post office opened in 1850. The Winterpock post office closed in 1966.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Winterpock.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Chesterfield, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Winterpock - 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 804 code has been Overlayed with the 686 area code. New phone numbers in the Winterpock area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Winterpock 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/