Do you know of Arcanum ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1886 and closed  in 1954.

Communities Also Named Arcanum ...

We found one communities that share the name Arcanum.

Within Virginia, the name Arcanum is unique.

Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Arcanum in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Ohio
    • Darke County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Arcanum [Darke County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Arcanum ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Buckingham 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 Buckingham County.