Do you know of La Fayette ???

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

We found mention of La Fayette as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Orange County, Virginia.

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.

Communities Also Named La Fayette ...

We found 38 communities that share the name La Fayette.

There is one other community in Virginia which is also named La Fayette.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another 37 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Montgomery County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of La Fayette [Montgomery County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Chambers County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of La Fayette [Chambers County].
- California
  - Contra Costa County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of La Fayette [Contra Costa County].
- Colorado
  - Boulder County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of La Fayette [Boulder County].
- Florida
  - Leon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of La Fayette [Leon County].
- Georgia
  - Walker County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of La Fayette [Walker County].
- Illinois
  - Randolph County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of La Fayette [Randolph County].
- Indiana
  - Tippecanoe County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of La Fayette [Tippecanoe County].
- Iowa
  - Linn County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of La Fayette [Linn County].
  - Louisa County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of La Fayette [Louisa County].
- Kansas
  - Doniphan County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of La Fayette [Doniphan County].
  - Stevens County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of La Fayette [Stevens County].
- Kentucky
  - Christian County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of La Fayette [Christian County].
- Louisiana
  - Lafayette Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of La Fayette [Lafayette Parish].
  - Orleans Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of La Fayette [Orleans Parish].
- Maryland
  - Baltimore County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of La Fayette [Baltimore County].
- Michigan
  - Gratiot County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of La Fayette [Gratiot County].
  - Kent County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of La Fayette [Kent County].
- Minnesota
  - Nicollet County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of La Fayette [Nicollet County].
- Missouri
  - Clinton County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of La Fayette [Clinton County].
- New Jersey
  - Sussex County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of La Fayette [Sussex County].
- New York
  - Onondaga County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of La Fayette [Onondaga County].
- North Carolina
  - Cumberland County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of La Fayette [Cumberland County].
- Ohio
  - Allen County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of La Fayette [Allen County].
  - Hancock County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of La Fayette [Hancock County].
  - Holmes County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of La Fayette [Holmes County].
  - Madison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of La Fayette [Madison County].
  - Medina County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of La Fayette [Medina County].
- Oklahoma
  - Haskell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of La Fayette [Haskell County].
- Oregon
  - Yamhill County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of La Fayette [Yamhill County].
- Pennsylvania
  - McKean County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of La Fayette [McKean County].
  - Montgomery County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of La Fayette [Montgomery County].
- Rhode Island
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of La Fayette [Washington County].
- Tennessee
  - Macon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of La Fayette [Macon County].
  - Putnam County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of La Fayette [Putnam County].
- Texas
  - Lamar County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of La Fayette [Lamar County].
  - Upshur County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of La Fayette [Upshur County].
- West Virginia
  - La Fayette #1
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of La Fayette.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for La Fayette ...

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

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

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

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

More Orphans in Orange County ...

Can you help?

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 Orange County.

Footnotes ...

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that La Fayette could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.