Do you know of Alum Ridge ???

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

Our sources for Alum Ridge (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 Alum Ridge other than they indicate that Alum Ridge would be found somewhere in Floyd County, Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1877 and closed  in 1985.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Alum Ridge ...

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Alum Ridge.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 51/01576   (Place Name: Alum Ridge)

County: Floyd     (FIPS State/County: 51/063)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Alum Ridge) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Floyd 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 Floyd County.