Official Name: | Poindexter |
Pushpin Map: | Virginia#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Louisa |
Named For: | Local postman[1] |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation M: | 121 |
Elevation Ft: | 397 |
Coordinates: | 38.0015°N -78.1447°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 23093 |
Area Code: | 540 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1477634 |
Poindexter is an unincorporated community in Louisa County, Virginia, United States 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. Citations suggest that the community is named for the postman that operated them around the 1850s.[1]
Poindexter is surrounded by farmland and private properties and small forested patches and lies at an elevation of 397feet.
Churches in the Poindexter area are: