Do you know of Vera ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Vera. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Vera.

Our sources for Vera (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Vera other than they indicate that Vera would be found somewhere in Dale County, Alabama.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1888 and closed  in 1903.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Vera ...

We found eight communities that share the name Vera.

Within Alabama, the name Vera is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Illinois
    • Fayette County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Vera [Fayette County].
  • Kansas
    • Wabaunsee County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Vera [Wabaunsee County].
  • Missouri
    • Pike County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Vera [Pike County].
  • Oklahoma
    • Washington County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Vera [Washington County].
  • Saskatchewan
    • Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Vera.
  • Texas
    • Knox County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Vera [Knox County].
  • Virginia
    • Appomattox County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Vera [Appomattox County].
  • Washington
    • Spokane County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Vera [Spokane County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Vera ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Vera:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Vera - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Dale County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Dale County.