Do you know of Cole's Ferry ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Cole's Ferry. 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 Cole's Ferry.

Our sources for Cole's Ferry (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 Cole's Ferry other than they indicate that Cole's Ferry would be found somewhere in Charlotte County, Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1860 and closed  in 1908.

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 Cole's Ferry ...

We found four communities that share the name Cole's Ferry.

There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Cole's Ferry.

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

• Communities Located In Virginia ...
  • Halifax County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Cole's Ferry [Halifax County].

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Georgia
    • Hart County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Cole's Ferry [Hart County].
  • South Carolina
    • Anderson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Cole's Ferry [Anderson County].
  • Tennessee
    • Wilson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Cole's Ferry [Wilson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Cole's Ferry ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

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

More Orphans in  Charlotte 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 Charlotte County.