Do you know of Dovesville ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Dovesville. 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 Dovesville.<1> Our sources for Dovesville (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 Dovesville other than they indicate that Dovesville would be found somewhere in Rockingham County, Virginia. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1851 and closed in 1922. Communities Also Named Dovesville ...We found one communities that share the name Dovesville. Within Virginia, the name Dovesville is unique. Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Dovesville in the United States.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Dovesville ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Dovesville: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Dovesville - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911)
More Orphans in Rockingham 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 Rockingham County. Footnotes ...
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