Do you know of Galva ???

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

Our sources for Galva (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 Galva other than they indicate that Galva would be found somewhere in Monroe County, Alabama.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1900 and closed  in 1906.

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 Galva ...

We found five communities that share the name Galva.

Within Alabama, the name Galva is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Illinois
    • Henry County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Galva [Henry County].
  • Iowa
    • Ida County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Galva [Ida County].
  • Kansas
    • McPherson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Galva [McPherson County].
  • Louisiana
    • Saint John the Baptist Parish
    • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Galva [Saint John the Baptist Parish].
  • Nebraska
    • Platte County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Galva [Platte County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Galva ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Monroe County ...

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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 Monroe County.