Do you know of Lisbon ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Lisbon. 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 Lisbon.
Our sources for Lisbon (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 Lisbon other than they indicate that Lisbon would be found somewhere in Bedford County, Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1837 and closed in 1905.
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 Lisbon ...
We found 34 communities that share the name Lisbon.
Within Virginia, the name Lisbon is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 34 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 34 communities, 33 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Lisbon [Union County].
- California
- Shasta County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Lisbon [Shasta County].
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Lisbon [Lake County].
- Georgia
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Lisbon [Lincoln County].
- Walker 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 Georgia community of Lisbon [Walker County].
- Illinois
- Kendall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Lisbon [Kendall County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Linn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Lisbon [Linn County].
- Kansas
- Chautauqua 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 Lisbon [Chautauqua County].
- Gove County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lisbon [Gove County].
- Logan 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 Lisbon [Logan County].
- Louisiana
- Claiborne Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Lisbon [Claiborne Parish].
- Maine
- Androscoggin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Lisbon [Androscoggin County].
- Maryland
- Howard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Lisbon [Howard County].
- Michigan
- Kent County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Lisbon [Kent County].
- Missouri
- Howard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Lisbon [Howard County].
- Nebraska
- Perkins County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Lisbon [Perkins County].
- New Hampshire
- Grafton County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Lisbon [Grafton County].
- New Mexico
- Grant 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 New Mexico community of Lisbon [Grant County].
- Hidalgo County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Lisbon [Hidalgo County].
- New York
- Saint Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Lisbon [Saint Lawrence County].
- North Carolina
- Bladen County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Lisbon [Bladen County].
- Sampson 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 Lisbon [Sampson County].
- North Dakota
- Ransom County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Lisbon [Ransom County].
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Lisbon.
- Pennsylvania
- Venango County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Lisbon [Venango County].
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Hardeman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Lisbon [Hardeman County].
- Texas
- Dallas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Lisbon [Dallas County].
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lisbon ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Lisbon:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Lisbon - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad 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 Bedford 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 Bedford County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Lisbon 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |