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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 ...

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 Buckingham County.

Beesville 
Bolling's LandingNew Store
Brierhook 
Buckingham CourthouseOctavia
 Omohundro
Diana MillsOre Bank
Dutch GapOslins
  
GarrettRival
GondolaRock Island
Greyburn 
 Slate River Mills
HubardSouth Bangor
HubbardSutton
  
JohnsonTucker
  
LinkhornVariety Shade
  
MaloneWealthia
Maysville 
MelitaZanesville
Moseley 

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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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