Do you know of Alleghany Station ???

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

Our sources for Alleghany Station (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 Alleghany Station other than they indicate that Alleghany Station would be found somewhere in Alleghany County, Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1869 and closed  in 1917.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Alleghany Station ...

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

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 Alleghany Station - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

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

More Orphans in  Alleghany 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 Alleghany County.