Do you know of Volney ???

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

Our sources for Volney (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 Volney other than they indicate that Volney would be found somewhere in Hand County, South Dakota.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1884 and closed  in 1898.

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 Volney ...

We found five communities that share the name Volney.

Within South Dakota, the name Volney is unique.

Beyond South Dakota, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Iowa
    • Allamakee County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Volney [Allamakee County].
  • Michigan
    • Newaygo County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Volney [Newaygo County].
  • Missouri
    • Sainte Genevieve County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Volney [Sainte Genevieve County].
  • New York
    • Oswego County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Volney [Oswego County].
  • Virginia
    • Grayson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Volney [Grayson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Volney ...

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

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

More Orphans in  Hand 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 Hand County.