Do you know of Elba ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Elba. 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 Elba.<1>
Our sources for Elba (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 Elba other than they indicate that Elba would be found somewhere in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1879 and closed in 1912.
Communities Also Named Elba ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Elba.
There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Elba.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another twenty communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twenty communities, twenty are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Coffee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Elba [Coffee County].
- Arkansas
- Van Buren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Elba [Van Buren County].
- California
- Tulare County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Elba [Tulare County].
- Colorado
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Elba [Washington County].
- Idaho
- Cassia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Elba [Cassia County].
- Illinois
- Gallatin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Elba [Gallatin County].
- Kansas
- Anderson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Elba [Anderson County].
- Chase 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 Kansas community of Elba [Chase County].
- Kentucky
- McLean County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Elba [McLean County].
- Louisiana
- Saint Landry Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Elba [Saint Landry Parish].
- Michigan
- Lapeer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Elba [Lapeer County].
- Minnesota
- Winona County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Elba [Winona County].
- Nebraska
- Howard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Elba [Howard County].
- New York
- Genesee County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Elba [Genesee County].
- Ohio
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Elba [Washington County].
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Elba.
- Tennessee
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Elba [Fayette County].
- Utah
- Grand County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Elba [Grand County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Elba ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Elba:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Elba - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Elba.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 51/25200 (Place Name: Elba)
County: Pittsylvania (FIPS State/County: 51/143)
Class: X3
More Orphans in Pittsylvania 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 Pittsylvania County.
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> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek 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 Elba 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |