Do you know of Velma ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Velma. 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 Velma.<1>

We found mention of Velma as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Greene County, Alabama.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1897 and closed in 1902.

Communities Also Named Velma ...

We found seven communities that share the name Velma.

Within Alabama, the name Velma is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Illinois
  - Christian County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Velma [Christian County].
- Louisiana
  - Tangipahoa Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Velma [Tangipahoa Parish].
- Manitoba
  - Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Velma.
- Mississippi
  - Yalobusha County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Velma [Yalobusha County].
- Nebraska
  - Arthur County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Velma [Arthur County].
- Oklahoma
  - Stephens County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Velma [Stephens County].
- Virginia
  - King and Queen County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Velma [King and Queen County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Velma ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

More Orphans in Greene 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 Greene County.

Baltzell	Hobbie
Beulah	Hopewell
Birdine
Burton's Hill	Morning Sun

Centrala	New Prospect
Colvins Store	Newbern

Erie	Springfield

Hairston	Watsonia
Haysville

Footnotes ...

<1>	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.
<2>	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.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/