Do you know of Coal Hill ???

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

Our sources for Coal Hill (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 Coal Hill other than they indicate that Coal Hill would be found somewhere in Henrico County, Virginia.

Communities Also Named Coal Hill ...

We found seven communities that share the name Coal Hill.

Within Virginia, the name Coal Hill is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Johnson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Coal Hill [Johnson County].
- Missouri
  - Cedar County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Coal Hill [Cedar County].
- Ohio
  - Muskingum County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Coal Hill [Muskingum County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Centre County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Coal Hill [Centre County].
  - Venango County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Coal Hill [Venango County].
- Tennessee
  - Morgan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Coal Hill [Morgan County].
  - Scott County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Coal Hill [Scott County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Coal Hill ...

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

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

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

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

More Orphans in Henrico 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 Henrico County.

Acca	Marion Hill
Azalea Court	Mayfield
	Meadow Station
Battery Park	Meadow
Beechwood Park	Meadowood
Beverly Hills	Meadowview
Binwell	Media Park
Bloomingdale	Mitchell's
Boudar Gardens	Montezuma Gardens
Boulton	Montrose Terrace
Britton Hills Farms	Monument Heights
Brookland Gardens	Morrison Farms
Bryan Park
Bryan Parkway	National Heights
Bungalow City	North Run Hills
Byrd
	Oak View
Cedar Lawn
Chamberlayne North	Pinedale
Confederate Heights	Providence Park
Courtney
	Richmond
Dickensdale	Ridge
	Rio Vista
East Richmond	Robbin Dale Farms
Eastmoreland	Robin Park
Elba	Roosevelt Park
	Roxbury
Farmington	Ruthland
Fort Alexander
Fort Brady	Scottie Farms
Fort Gilmer	Shenandoah Place
Fort Gregg	Shreveport Park
Fort Harrison	Skipwith Farms
Fort Hill	Sleepy Hollow Estates
Fort Hoke	Solomons
Fort Johnson	Staples Mill
	Stratford Village
Glen Allen Heights	Stukeley Hall Farms
Grantland	Sunset Heights
Greengate
	Thistle
Haxall	Tuckahoe Park
Hermitage Court
Hermitage Farms	Valentine Hills
Hermitage Park
Highland Gardens	West End
Hunslett	Westbourne
Huntington	Westdale
Hutton Heights	Westham Locks
	Westwood
Kemps Place	White Oak
Kings Hill	Wildwood
Korah	Willow Lawn
	Windcliff
Lakeside Hills	Winder
Laurel Branch	Windsordale
Laurel Dell	Wistar Farms
Laurel Heights
	York Manor
Malvern Hill

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>

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 Coal Hill 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.