Do you know of Mechanicsville ???

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

Our sources for Mechanicsville (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 Mechanicsville other than they indicate that Mechanicsville would be found somewhere in Rutland County, Vermont.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1838 and closed in 1911.

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 Mechanicsville ...

We found 42 communities that share the name Mechanicsville.

There is one other community in Vermont which is also named Mechanicsville.

Beyond Vermont, we know of another 41 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 41 communities, 41 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

Communities Located In Vermont ...
- Chittenden County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Mechanicsville [Chittenden County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Calhoun County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Mechanicsville [Calhoun County].
  - Lee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Mechanicsville [Lee County].
- Connecticut
  - Hartford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Mechanicsville [Hartford County].
  - Windham County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Mechanicsville [Windham County].
- Delaware
  - New Castle County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Mechanicsville [New Castle County].
- Georgia
  - Fulton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Mechanicsville [Fulton County].
  - Gwinnett County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Mechanicsville [Gwinnett County].
  - Jasper County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Mechanicsville [Jasper County].
- Indiana
  - Vanderburgh County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Mechanicsville [Vanderburgh County].
- Iowa
  - Cedar County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Mechanicsville [Cedar County].
- Louisiana
  - Terrebonne Parish
  - 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 Louisiana community of Mechanicsville [Terrebonne Parish].
- Maryland
  - Harford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Mechanicsville [Harford County].
  - Saint Mary's County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Mechanicsville [Saint Mary's County].
- Massachusetts
  - Bristol County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Mechanicsville [Bristol County].
- Missouri
  - Saint Charles County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Mechanicsville [Saint Charles County].
- New Jersey
  - Camden County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Mechanicsville [Camden County].
  - Middlesex County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Mechanicsville [Middlesex County].
  - Monmouth County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Mechanicsville [Monmouth County].
- Ohio
  - Ashtabula County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Mechanicsville [Ashtabula County].
  - Greene County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Mechanicsville [Greene County].
  - Harrison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Mechanicsville [Harrison County].
- Ontario
  - 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 Ontario community of Mechanicsville.
- Pennsylvania
  - Bucks County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mechanicsville [Bucks County].
  - Clarion County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mechanicsville [Clarion County].
  - Lancaster County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mechanicsville [Lancaster County].
  - Lehigh County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mechanicsville [Lehigh County].
  - Mifflin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mechanicsville [Mifflin County].
  - Monroe County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mechanicsville [Monroe County].
  - Montgomery County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mechanicsville [Montgomery County].
  - Montour County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mechanicsville [Montour County].
  - Philadelphia County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mechanicsville [Philadelphia County].
  - Schuylkill County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Mechanicsville [Schuylkill County].
- South Carolina
  - Darlington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Mechanicsville [Darlington County].
  - Lee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Mechanicsville [Lee County].
  - Sumter 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 Mechanicsville [Sumter County].
- Tennessee
  - Cannon 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 Mechanicsville [Cannon County].
- Virginia
  - Hanover County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Mechanicsville [Hanover County].
  - Loudoun County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Mechanicsville [Loudoun County].
  - Louisa County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Mechanicsville [Louisa County].
  - Rockbridge County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Mechanicsville [Rockbridge County].
  - Rockingham County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Mechanicsville [Rockingham County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Mechanicsville ...

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

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 Mechanicsville - 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 Vermont (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in Rutland 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 Rutland 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 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 Mechanicsville 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/