Do you know of Buffalo Lithia Springs ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Buffalo Lithia Springs. 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 Buffalo Lithia Springs.<1>
Our sources for Buffalo Lithia Springs (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 Buffalo Lithia Springs other than they indicate that Buffalo Lithia Springs would be found somewhere in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1874 and closed in 1930.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Buffalo Lithia Springs ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Buffalo Lithia Springs:
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 Buffalo Lithia Springs - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg County.
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/ |