Official Name: | Speedwell, Virginia |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Virginia#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Virginia |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Wythe |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 2320 |
Coordinates: | 36.8136°N -81.1717°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 24374 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1502808 |
Speedwell is an unincorporated community in Wythe County, Virginia, United States. Speedwell Is famous for 'Cave Hill', a cave in the side of the mountain. Speedwell has been known to be called Speedville.
The Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Speedwell has a temperate oceanic climate, abbreviated "Cfb" on climate maps.[1]