Trammel, Virginia
Trammel, Virginia | |
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Unincorporated community | |
 Trammel Community Center in 2020 | |
  Trammel  Trammel | |
| Coordinates: 37°00′52″N 82°17′38″W / 37.01444°N 82.29389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Dickenson |
| Elevation | 1,749 ft (533 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 24237 |
| Area code | 276 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1477119[1] |
Trammel is an unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, United States. Trammel is located along Virginia State Route 63 7.6 miles (12.2 km) north of St. Paul. Trammel had a post office with ZIP code 24289 from October 8, 1919, to November 16, 2002; the community is now part of ZIP code 24237.[2][3]
Trammel was first settled by a farmer named Hiram Keith. The first school in Trammel, known as the Delphia School, opened in 1898; a new schoolhouse was built for the school in 1924. The Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway began building a line through Dickenson County in 1913 and drove the last spike in Trammel in 1915; service to the community began in 1916.[4]
Coal mining was the primary industry at Trammel in the 1920s.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Trammel". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
- ^ Reedy, Dennis (1994). School and Community History of Dickenson County, Virginia. The Overmountain Press. p. 508. ISBN 9781570720109.
- ^ Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. The Overmountain Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-57072-256-1.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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