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Do you know of Dulce ???

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

Our sources for Dulce (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 Dulce other than they indicate that Dulce would be found somewhere in Albemarle County, Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1900 and closed  in 1910.

Communities Also Named Dulce ...

We found one communities that share the name Dulce.

Within Virginia, the name Dulce is unique.

Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Dulce in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Mexico
      • Rio Arriba County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Dulce [Rio Arriba County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Dulce ...

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

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  Albemarle 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 Albemarle County.

AlfredMassie
 Mechums River
BentivoglioMiller School
BowlesvilleMontevue
Boyd TavernMonticello
BrooksvilleMoores
Browns CoveMoorman's River
Brown'sMount Alto
BuckinghamMount Israel
  
Carters BridgeNew Copley Hill
CharlottesvilleNick
  
EmersonParrott's
 Powell Store
FarinaPriddy's
  
GarthRed Hill
Greenwood DepotRedmonds
 Ruffin
Hickory Hill 
Hydraulic MillsShadewell
 Shafter
Ivy DepotSmithland
 South Garden
Jarman Gap 
 West Esmont

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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