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Do you know of Alum Springs ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Alum Springs. 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 Alum Springs.

Our sources for Alum Springs (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 Alum Springs other than they indicate that Alum Springs would be found somewhere in Rockbridge County, Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1842 and closed  in 1890.

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 Alum Springs ...

We found three communities that share the name Alum Springs.

There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Alum Springs.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Pulaski County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Alum Springs [Pulaski County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Boyle County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Alum Springs [Boyle County].
    • West Virginia
      • Greenbrier County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Alum Springs [Greenbrier County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Alum Springs ...

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

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 Alum Springs - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Rockbridge 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 Rockbridge County.

AloneLocher
Alphin 
AppoldsMarmion
AquaMiller's
 Monomouth
Buena Vista Furnace 
Buena VistaOreville
Buffalo Mills 
 Panther
Cave Mountain 
Cedar Grove MillsRockbridge Alum Springs
 Rockbridge Baths
Elmeria 
EmilSherwood
EnglemanSideway
 Stewartsburg
ForbesSummers
  
GilmoreThompson
Glasgow stationTriford
Glenwood 
 Una
Jump 
 Victoria
Kerr Creek 
 Washington
LexingtonWest End
Loch Laird 

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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