Do you know of Ironville ???

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

Our sources for Ironville (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 Ironville other than they indicate that Ironville would be found somewhere in Bedford County, Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1902 and closed  in 1910.

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 Ironville ...

We found eight communities that share the name Ironville.

Within Virginia, the name Ironville is unique.

Beyond Virginia, 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 ...
  • Alabama
    • Perry County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Ironville [Perry County].
  • Kentucky
    • Boyd County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Ironville [Boyd County].
  • New York
    • Essex County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Ironville [Essex County].
  • Nova Scotia
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Ironville.
  • Ohio
    • Lucas County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Ironville [Lucas County].
  • Pennsylvania
    • Blair County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Ironville [Blair County].
    • Lancaster County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Ironville [Lancaster County].
  • Tennessee
    • Johnson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Ironville [Johnson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Ironville ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Bedford 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 Bedford County.