Do you know of Arritt ???

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

Our sources for Arritt (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Arritt other than they indicate that Arritt would be found somewhere in Alleghany County, Virginia.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Arritt ...

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Arritt - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for Arritt.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 51/03224   (Place Name: Arritt)

County: Alleghany     (FIPS State/County: 51/005)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Arritt) 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  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.