Do you know of Elvira ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Elvira. 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 Elvira.
Our sources for Elvira (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Elvira other than they indicate that Elvira would be found somewhere in Laurel County, Kentucky.
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 Elvira ...
We found five communities that share the name Elvira.
Within Kentucky, the name Elvira is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Shelby County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Elvira [Shelby County].
- California
- San Diego County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Elvira [San Diego County].
- Illinois
- Johnson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Elvira [Johnson County].
- Iowa
- Clinton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Elvira [Clinton County].
- New Mexico
- Guadalupe County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Elvira [Guadalupe County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Elvira ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Elvira:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Elvira - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Laurel 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 Laurel County.