Do you know of Belo ???

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

Our sources for Belo (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 Belo other than they indicate that Belo would be found somewhere in Surry County, North Carolina.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1886 and closed  in 1905.

Communities Also Named Belo ...

We found one communities that share the name Belo.

Within North Carolina, the name Belo is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, there is another community also named Belo in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • West Virginia
    • Mingo County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Belo [Mingo County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Belo ...

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

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 Belo - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

More Orphans in  Surry 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 Surry County.