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Do you know of Valdora ???

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

Our sources for Valdora (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 Valdora other than they indicate that Valdora would be found somewhere in York County, South Carolina.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1889 and closed  in 1903.

Communities Also Named Valdora ...

We found one communities that share the name Valdora.

Within South Carolina, the name Valdora is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, there is another community also named Valdora in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Iowa
      • Clayton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Valdora [Clayton County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Valdora ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in  York 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 York County.

AntiochHero
Aragon Mills 
 Land
BagdadLominack
BalloonLondon
Bandana 
BlairvilleMasonville
BowlinMcConnellsville
 Mildred
Carhartt 
CarpNorth Rock Hill
Catawba Junction 
Catawba RiverOld Point
Celriver 
Cherokee Iron WorksPoint
Clark's Fork 
Clay HillRamah
  
EbenezervilleSpring Rock
EnquirerSpringdell
 Stroups
Fodder 
 Warrens
Guthriesville 
 Yorkville
Hart 
HaynesvilleZeno

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>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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