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.

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1893 and closed  in 1912.

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 Velma ...

We found seven communities that share the name Velma.

Within South Carolina, the name Velma is unique.

Beyond South Carolina, 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.<1>

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

More Orphans in  Edgefield 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 Edgefield County.