Do you know of Dunkirk ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Dunkirk. 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 Dunkirk.<1>
We found mention of Dunkirk as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in King and Queen County, Virginia.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1799 and closed in 1819.
Communities Also Named Dunkirk ...
We found ten communities that share the name Dunkirk.
Within Virginia, the name Dunkirk is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Crawford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Dunkirk [Crawford County].
- Maryland
- Calvert County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Dunkirk [Calvert County].
- Mississippi
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Dunkirk [Washington County].
- Montana
- Toole County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Dunkirk [Toole County].
- New York
- Chautauqua County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Dunkirk [Chautauqua County].
- Ohio
- Hardin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Dunkirk [Hardin County].
- Saskatchewan
- Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Dunkirk.
- Wisconsin
- Dane County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Dunkirk [Dane County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Dunkirk ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Dunkirk:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
U.S. Post Offices (1803)
Printed by order of the Post Master General
More Orphans in King and Queen 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 King and Queen County.
| Broach | Newton |
| Centerville | Oxalis |
| Dahlia | Prince |
| Deshazo Corner | |
| Dragginville | Saint Stephens Church |
| Shaklefords Fork | |
| Edna | |
| Ula | |
| Fork Shop | |
| Waldens |
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> | 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |