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Do you know of Compton Bridge ???

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

Our sources for Compton Bridge (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 Compton Bridge other than they indicate that Compton Bridge would be found somewhere in Botetourt County, Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1903 and closed  in 1921.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Compton Bridge ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

More Orphans in  Botetourt 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 Botetourt County.

Air Mount 
Arch MillsKyle
  
Baldwin StationLick Run
Blue Ridge SpringsLocust Bottom
Brugh's MillLyle
BurkeLylevue
  
CaleraMapleville
CatawbaMiddle Mountain
CitadelMile Siding
Coling 
 Old Hickory
Daggers 
 Purgatory
Eagle Mountain 
 Roaring Run
FringerRob
  
Gala WaterSilent Dell
Garland Orchards 
 Tinker's Knob
Haymaker 
 Waskey's Mills
Indian Rock 
Iron MoundZion's 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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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