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Do you know of Wright ???

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

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Wright, so we are uncertain whether Wright is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Wright would be found somewhere in , 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.

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 Wright ...

We found 34 communities that share the name Wright.

There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Wright.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another 33 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 33 communities, 32 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Roanoke County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Wright [Roanoke County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Lauderdale County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Wright [Lauderdale County].
    • Arkansas
      • Jefferson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Wright [Jefferson County].
      • Pike County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Wright [Pike County].
    • British Columbia
      • Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Wright.
    • Florida
      • Okaloosa County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Wright [Okaloosa County].
    • Idaho
      • Kootenai County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Wright [Kootenai County].
    • Illinois
      • Coles 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 Wright [Coles County].
    • Indiana
      • Greene 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 Indiana community of Wright [Greene County].
    • Iowa
      • Mahaska County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Wright [Mahaska County].
    • Kansas
      • Ford County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Wright [Ford County].
    • Kentucky
      • Letcher 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 Kentucky community of Wright [Letcher County].
      • Muhlenberg 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 Kentucky community of Wright [Muhlenberg County].
    • Louisiana
      • Vermilion Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Wright [Vermilion Parish].
    • 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 Wright [Gratiot County].
      • Ottawa County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Wright [Ottawa County].
    • Minnesota
      • Carlton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Wright [Carlton County].
    • Mississippi
      • Bolivar County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Wright [Bolivar County].
    • New Mexico
      • Otero County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Wright [Otero County].
    • New York
      • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Wright [Washington County].
    • North Dakota
      • Dickey 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 Dakota community of Wright [Dickey County].
    • Ohio
      • Greene 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 Ohio community of Wright [Greene County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Lincoln 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 Oklahoma community of Wright [Lincoln County].
    • Oregon
      • Jackson 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 Oregon community of Wright [Jackson County].
    • Quebec
      • Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Wright.
    • South Carolina
      • Spartanburg 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 South Carolina community of Wright [Spartanburg County].
    • Tennessee
      • Lake County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Wright [Lake County].
      • Tipton 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 Tennessee community of Wright [Tipton County].
    • Texas
      • Hale County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Wright [Hale County].
      • Parker County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Wright [Parker County].
      • Swisher 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 Texas community of Wright [Swisher County].
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Wright [Salt Lake County].
    • West Virginia
      • Raleigh County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Wright [Raleigh County].
    • Wyoming
      • Campbell County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Wright [Campbell County].

More Orphans in   ...

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 .

AlbemarleKingman
Armistead 
 Lafayette Park
BarteeLansdale Gardens
Belmont PlaceLiberty Park
BelvedereLindenwood
BenefitLogan Park
Benmoreel 
Bowers' HillMaple Hall
Bowling ParkMeadowbrook Terrace
Brentwood ForestMilan
BruceMorningside
Bunting 
 Nansemond Heights
Camp ElmoreNew Towne South
CentenaryNorfolk Gardens
CentrevilleNorthwest
Chesterfield Heights 
Christian's MillsOakleaf Park
ChurchlandOverbrook
Cornland 
Cottage HeightsPinehurst
CromwellPortsmouth
CustomhousePrincess Anne Park
 Princess Anne
DeBree 
Deep CreekRiver Front
DennysRiverpoint
Diggs ParkRiverside
DuncanRoberts Park
 Rose Gardens
East FairmontRosedale
Ellsworth 
Euwance ParkSaint Brides
 Sewells Point
FenttressSuburban Park
FleetSussex at Norfolk
Fort Norfolk 
Foundation ParkTanner's Creek
FoxhallTidewater Junction
 Tidewater Park
GertieTipperton Place
GilmertonTitustown
Gowrie ParkTuckers
Grassfield 
Great BridgeView Colony
 Villa Heights
HearingVirginia Place
Hickory Ground 
HickoryWallaceton
Hodges ferryWater Works Branch
Hyde ParkWedgwood
 West Annex
Indian CreekWest Norfolk
 Westover
KenilworthWilliams
Kensington 
Kent ParkYoung Park

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Wright 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 . 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.









 

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