Do you know of Darden ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Darden. 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 Darden.<1>
Our sources for Darden (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 Darden other than they indicate that Darden would be found somewhere in Isle of Wight County, Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1898 and closed in 1907.
Communities Also Named Darden ...
We found four communities that share the name Darden.
Within Virginia, the name Darden is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Darden ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Darden:
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 Isle of Wight 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 Isle of Wight County.
| Aguste | McClelland |
| Morgarts Beach | |
| Ballards Crossroads | |
| Bartlett | Newport |
| Bobs | |
| Old Mill | |
| Camptown | |
| Colosse | Preference |
| Fearnsville | Stott |
| Fergusson's Wharf | |
| Windsor Station | |
| Mayfield | |
| Maynard | Zuni Station |
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/ |