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Welcome to Zollman ...

So far, we found very little information about Zollman. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Zollman to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Zollman, please Contact Us.

Zollman would have been located within present day Rockbridge County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Zollman, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Zollman is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Zollman was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Zollman was located: 540 & 826<4>

Communities near Zollman ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Zollman to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Zollman 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 (so far) for Zollman was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Zollman post office opened in 1890. The Zollman post office closed in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Zollman.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Zollman, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Rockbridge, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Zollman - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Zollman area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Zollman area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/