Do you know of Douglas ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Douglas. 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 Douglas.
Our sources for Douglas (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 Douglas other than they indicate that Douglas would be found somewhere in Lee County, Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1881 and closed in 1903.
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 Douglas ...
We found 50 communities that share the name Douglas.
Within Virginia, the name Douglas is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 50 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 50 communities, 46 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Please visit our profile page for the Alaska community of Douglas.
- Arizona
- Cochise County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Douglas [Cochise County].
- Arkansas
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Douglas [Lincoln County].
- California
- Colorado
- Georgia
- Coffee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Douglas [Coffee County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Gibson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Douglas [Gibson County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Casey County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Douglas [Casey County].
- Christian County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Douglas [Christian County].
- Pike County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Douglas [Pike County].
- Louisiana
- Lincoln Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Douglas [Lincoln Parish].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Douglas.
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Worcester County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Douglas [Worcester County].
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Olmsted County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Douglas [Olmsted County].
- Missouri
- Montana
- Glacier County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Douglas [Glacier County].
- Nebraska
- Otoe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Douglas [Otoe County].
- Nevada
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Douglas.
- New Mexico
- Guadalupe County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Douglas [Guadalupe County].
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ward County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Douglas [Ward County].
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Garfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Douglas [Garfield County].
- Oklahoma County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Douglas [Oklahoma County].
- Tulsa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Douglas [Tulsa County].
- Ontario
- Oregon
- Prince Edward Island
- Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Douglas.
- South Carolina
- Lancaster County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Douglas [Lancaster County].
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Smith County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Douglas [Smith County].
- Washington
- Douglas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Douglas [Douglas County].
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
- Converse County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Douglas [Converse County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Douglas ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Douglas:
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 Douglas - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
North American Railroad Atlas - Northeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by RailfanDepot, 2020
(Available from Amazon.com)
Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)
More Orphans in Lee 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 Lee County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Douglas 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |