Do you know of Era ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Era. 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 Era.

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1882 and closed  in 1940.

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 Era ...

We found five communities that share the name Era.

Within Virginia, the name Era is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Arkansas
    • Miller County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Era [Miller County].
  • Idaho
    • Butte County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Era [Butte County].
  • Kentucky
    • Christian County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Era [Christian County].
  • Ohio
    • Pickaway County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Era [Pickaway County].
  • Texas
    • Cooke County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Era [Cooke County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Era ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Era - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Dinwiddie 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 Dinwiddie County.