Welcome to Virginville ...
Virginville is located in Brooke County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Virginville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.
Virginville is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Virginville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Virginville: 304 & 681<3>
Communities Also Named Virginville ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Virginville - it's located in Pennsylvania.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Virginville.
Communities near Virginville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Virginville.
- Wheeling
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Weirton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Steubenville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Washington
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Canonsburg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Martins Ferry
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Toronto
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Toronto have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toronto
- Toronto is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,902 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Toronto <4>
- Wintersville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wintersville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
- Wintersville is located in Jefferson County (OH)
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,645 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wintersville <4>
- Mingo Junction
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Follansbee
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
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 Virginville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Virginville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Virginville. 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 Virginville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Virginville. See our Newspapers Page for Virginville.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Virginville ...
Looking for more information about Virginville? 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 Virginville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Virginville.
Adding Virginville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Virginville 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 for Virginville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Virginville post office opened in 1907.
We also found Virginville on a map titled Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Virginville.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Brooke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Virginville - 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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Virginville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Virginville 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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |