Do you know of Colonial Heights ???

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

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Colonial Heights, so we are uncertain whether Colonial Heights 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 Colonial Heights would be found somewhere in Allegany County, Maryland.

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 Colonial Heights ...

We found 36 communities that share the name Colonial Heights.

There are two communities within Maryland that are also named Colonial Heights.

Beyond Maryland, we know of another 34 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Located In Maryland ...
- Frederick County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Colonial Heights [Frederick County].
- Talbot County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Colonial Heights [Talbot County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Colbert County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Colonial Heights [Colbert County].
- California
  - Sacramento 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 California community of Colonial Heights [Sacramento County].
  - San Joaquin 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 California community of Colonial Heights [San Joaquin County].
- Delaware
  - New Castle County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Colonial Heights [New Castle County].
- Florida
  - Hillsborough County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Colonial Heights [Hillsborough County].
- Georgia
  - Bulloch County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Colonial Heights [Bulloch County].
  - Troup County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Colonial Heights [Troup County].
- Illinois
  - Cook 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 Colonial Heights [Cook County].
- Louisiana
  - Caddo 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 Colonial Heights [Caddo Parish].
- New York
  - Dutchess County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Colonial Heights [Dutchess County].
  - Westchester County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Colonial Heights [Westchester County].
- North Carolina
  - Cumberland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Colonial Heights [Cumberland County].
  - Davidson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Colonial Heights [Davidson County].
  - Mecklenburg County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Colonial Heights [Mecklenburg County].
  - Orange County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Colonial Heights [Orange County].
  - Wake County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Colonial Heights [Wake County].
  - Wilson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Colonial Heights [Wilson County].
- Ohio
  - Guernsey County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Colonial Heights [Guernsey County].
- South Carolina
  - Beaufort County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Colonial Heights [Beaufort County].
  - Berkeley County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Colonial Heights [Berkeley County].
  - Florence County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Colonial Heights [Florence County].
  - Greenwood County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Colonial Heights [Greenwood County].
  - Oconee County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Colonial Heights [Oconee County].
  - Orangeburg County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Colonial Heights [Orangeburg County].
  - Richland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Colonial Heights [Richland County].
- Tennessee
  - Sullivan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Colonial Heights [Sullivan County].
- Utah
  - Davis County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Colonial Heights [Davis County].
- Virginia
  - Bristol City
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Colonial Heights [Bristol City].
  - Colonial Heights City
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Colonial Heights [Colonial Heights City].
  - Hampton City
  - 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 Virginia community of Colonial Heights [Hampton City].
  - Norfolk City
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Colonial Heights [Norfolk City].
  - Roanoke City
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Colonial Heights [Roanoke City].
  - Stafford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Colonial Heights [Stafford County].
  - Washington 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 Virginia community of Colonial Heights [Washington County].

More Orphans in Allegany 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 Allegany County.

Footnotes ...

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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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Colonial Heights 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.