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Do you know of Varina ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1880 and closed  in 1964.

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 Varina ...

We found two communities that share the name Varina.

Within North Carolina, the name Varina is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Pocahontas County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Varina [Pocahontas County].
    • Virginia
      • Henrico County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Varina [Henrico County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Varina ...

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

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Varina - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Varina.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 37/69780   (Place Name: Varina)

County: Wake     (FIPS State/County: 37/183)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Varina) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in  Wake 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 Wake County.

AdamsKelvin Grove
ArmcoKing Charles
  
Ballentine's MillsLaurel Hills
BangorLemay
BeckLillian
BennehanLul
Booth 
BoylanMassey
BrassfieldMordecai
Burlington MillsMyatt's Mills
Burt 
 Nazareth
Cameron VillageNero
Camp PolkNew Hall Siding
CenturyNorth Raleigh
College View 
CosmaPernell
Crabtree Valley 
 Rand's Mills
DupontRockton
 Rosinburg
EwingRoyal Mills
  
FetnerSomerset Hills
Five PointSouth Raleigh
Flint 
Fuquay SpringsTeer Siding
 Temple
Glenwood HillsTriangle
Gulley's Mill 
 Vanteen
Hartsville 
Hickory GroveWake
 Wakefield
KadarWillow Spring

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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