Poindexter, Virginia
Unincorporated community in Louisa County, Virginia
Poindexter
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Poindexter, July 2023
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Coordinates: 38°00′15″N 78°14′47″W / 38.00417°N 78.24639°W / 38.00417; -78.24639 | |
Country | United States |
State | Virginia |
County | Louisa |
Named for | Local postman [1] |
Elevation
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397 ft (121 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) ) |
• Summer ( DST ) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code |
23093
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Area code | 540 |
GNIS feature ID | 1477634 [2] |
Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States
Poindexter is an unincorporated community in Louisa County , Virginia , United States [2] It is located at the 4-way intersection of minor Virginia State Routes 613 (Poindexter Road) and 640 (Jack Jouett Road). State Route 717 (Central Branch Road) spurs off of State Route 613 nearby.
A post office and store once operated in Poindexter. [3] Citations suggest that the community is named for the postman that operated them around the 1850s. [1]
Geography
Poindexter is surrounded by farmland and private properties and small forested patches and lies at an elevation of 397 feet (121 m) . [2]
Churches
Churches in the Poindexter area are:
- Foster Creek Baptist Church (built 1795 as Siloam Baptist Church) [4] [5]
- Berea Baptist Church (built 1857) [6] [5]
References
- 1 2 Hummel, Ray O. A List of Places Included in 19th Century Virginia Directories. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia State Library, 1981.
- 1 2 3 "Poindexter" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior .
- ↑ "Poindexter Post Office" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior .
- ↑ "Fosters Creek Church" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior .
- 1 2 "Church History" . Foster Creek Baptist Church . Retrieved July 19, 2021 .
- ↑ "Berea Church" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior .
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Louisa County, Virginia
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‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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