Do you know of Etna ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Etna. 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 Etna.<1>
We found mention of Etna as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Hanover 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 1841 and closed in 1866.
Communities Also Named Etna ...
We found 31 communities that share the name Etna.
Within Virginia, the name Etna is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 31 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Etna [Franklin County].
- California
- Siskiyou County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Etna [Siskiyou County].
- Georgia
- Polk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Etna [Polk County].
- Illinois
- Coles County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Etna [Coles County].
- Indiana
- Whitley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Etna [Whitley County].
- Kentucky
- Pulaski County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Etna [Pulaski County].
- Maine
- Penobscot County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Etna [Penobscot County].
- Minnesota
- Fillmore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Etna [Fillmore County].
- Missouri
- Scotland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Etna [Scotland County].
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Custer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Etna [Custer County].
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- Grafton County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Etna [Grafton County].
- New Jersey
- New York
- Tompkins County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Etna [Tompkins County].
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Garfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Etna [Garfield County].
- Oregon
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Etna [Jackson County].
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Etna [Allegheny County].
- Tennessee
- Decatur County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Etna [Decatur County].
- Hickman County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Etna [Hickman County].
- Texas
- Cherokee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Etna [Cherokee County].
- Utah
- Box Elder County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Etna [Box Elder County].
- Washington
- Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Etna [Clark County].
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Lafayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Etna [Lafayette County].
- Wyoming
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Etna [Lincoln County].
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Etna ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Etna:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
More Orphans in Hanover 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 Hanover 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> | 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> | 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Etna 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. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |