Do you know of Mayberry ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1895 and closed  in 1922.

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 Mayberry ...

We found eight communities that share the name Mayberry.

Within Virginia, the name Mayberry 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 ...
  • Georgia
    • Laurens County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Mayberry [Laurens County].
  • Illinois
    • Wayne County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Mayberry [Wayne County].
  • Maryland
    • Carroll County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Mayberry [Carroll County].
  • Missouri
    • Butler County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Mayberry [Butler County].
  • Nebraska
    • Pawnee County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Mayberry [Pawnee County].
  • Saskatchewan
    • Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Mayberry.
  • Tennessee
    • Maury County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mayberry [Maury County].
    • Williamson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mayberry [Williamson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Mayberry ...

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

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Mayberry.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 51/50344   (Place Name: Mayberry)

County: Patrick     (FIPS State/County: 51/141)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Mayberry) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Patrick 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 Patrick County.