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Do you know of Riffle ???

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

Our sources for Riffle (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 Riffle other than they indicate that Riffle would be found somewhere in Braxton County, West Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1904 and closed  in 1974.

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 Riffle ...

We found one communities that share the name Riffle.

Within West Virginia, the name Riffle is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, there is another community also named Riffle in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Clay County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Riffle [Clay County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Riffle ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Riffle.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 54/68380   (Place Name: Riffle (RR name Chappelle))

County: Braxton     (FIPS State/County: 54/007)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Riffle) 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  Braxton 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 Braxton County.

Bear CreekLaurel Court
BefontLevi
BenderLink
Berry Siding 
BlissMavis
Burnsville JunctionMorley
 Morrison
Camp Run 
ChappellePolemic
Coger 
 Quickle
Delta 
 Sadie
FoxSaltlick Bridge
 Scott
HermioneShock
Holly RiverSideling Hill
HooverStop
 Supply
Jennings 
 Tate Creek
Knapp 
Knawl's CreekWaldeck
 Wire Bridge

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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