Do you know of Amelia ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Amelia. 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 Amelia.<1>
Our sources wasn't clear whether Amelia was a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Amelia would be found somewhere in Amelia County, Virginia.
Communities Also Named Amelia ...
We found ten communities that share the name Amelia.
Within Virginia, the name Amelia is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Amelia [Hillsborough County].
- Kentucky
- Knott County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Amelia [Knott County].
- Louisiana
- Saint Mary Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Amelia [Saint Mary Parish].
- Nebraska
- Holt County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Amelia [Holt County].
- North Carolina
- Alleghany County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Amelia [Alleghany County].
- Ohio
- Clermont County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Amelia [Clermont County].
- Oregon
- Malheur County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Amelia [Malheur County].
- Texas
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Amelia [Jefferson County].
- West Virginia
- Kanawha County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Amelia [Kanawha County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Amelia ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Amelia:
SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)
Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)
Published by Greyhound Bus Lines
The FIPS database contains an entry for Amelia.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 51/01624 (Place Name: Amelia (RR name for Amelia Court House))
County: Amelia (FIPS State/County: 51/007)
Class: X3
More Orphans in Amelia County ...
Can you help?
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 Amelia County.
| Beaver Pond | |
| Brookington | Morven |
| Chula Depot | Olga |
| Crump | |
| Painville | |
| Dennisville | Perkinsonville |
| Dutch | Pollard |
| Pridesville | |
| Elk Hill | |
| Singville | |
| Farley | |
| Trolley | |
| Hallsville |
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> | 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. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Amelia could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |