Do you know of Bristol ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bristol. 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 Bristol.
Our sources for Bristol (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 Bristol other than they indicate that Bristol would be found somewhere in Washington County, Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1867.
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.
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.
Communities Also Named Bristol ...
We found 47 communities that share the name Bristol.
There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Bristol.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 43 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 43 communities, 39 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
In addition to the above occurrences of Bristol, we know of three communities located outside of the United States and Canada.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Bristol City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Bristol [Bristol City].
- Bristol City
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Faulkner County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Bristol [Faulkner County].
- California
- Orange County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Bristol [Orange County].
- San Bernardino County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Bristol [San Bernardino County].
- Colorado
- Prowers County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Bristol [Prowers County].
- Connecticut
- Hartford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Bristol [Hartford County].
- Florida
- Liberty County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Bristol [Liberty County].
- Georgia
- Pierce County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Bristol [Pierce County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Elkhart County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Bristol [Elkhart County].
- Iowa
- Worth County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Bristol [Worth County].
- Kansas
- Coffey County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Bristol [Coffey County].
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Bristol [Jefferson County].
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Bristol [Lincoln County].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Bristol.
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Iosco County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Bristol [Iosco County].
- Kent County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Bristol [Kent County].
- Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Bristol [Lake County].
- Minnesota
- Fillmore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Bristol [Fillmore County].
- Missouri
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bristol [Jackson County].
- Nevada
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Bristol.
- New Hampshire
- Grafton County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Bristol [Grafton County].
- New York
- Ontario County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Bristol [Ontario County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Bristol.
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Bucks County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bristol [Bucks County].
- Prince Edward Island
- Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Bristol.
- Quebec
- Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Bristol.
- Rhode Island
- Bristol County
- Please visit our profile page for the Rhode Island community of Bristol [Bristol County].
- South Dakota
- Day County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Bristol [Day County].
- Tennessee
- Sullivan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bristol [Sullivan County].
- Texas
- Ellis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bristol [Ellis County].
- Vermont
- Addison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Bristol [Addison County].
- Washington
- Kittitas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Bristol [Kittitas County].
- West Virginia
- Harrison County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Bristol [Harrison County].
- Wisconsin
- Kenosha County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Bristol [Kenosha County].
- Arkansas
- Communities Beyond North America ...
- Costa Rica
- We haven't found the location of this Bristol
- England
- We haven't found the location of this Bristol
- Jamaica
- We haven't found the location of this Bristol
- Costa Rica
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bristol ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Bristol:
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 Bristol - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned
More Orphans in Washington 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 Washington County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Bristol 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |