Do you know of Gilboa ???

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

We found mention of Gilboa as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Louisa 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.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1844 and closed  in 1870.

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 Gilboa ...

We found five communities that share the name Gilboa.

Within Virginia, the name Gilboa is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Maryland
    • Carroll County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Gilboa [Carroll County].
  • New Hampshire
    • Cheshire County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Gilboa [Cheshire County].
  • New York
    • Schoharie County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Gilboa [Schoharie County].
  • Ohio
    • Putnam County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Gilboa [Putnam County].
  • West Virginia
    • Nicholas County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Gilboa [Nicholas County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gilboa ...

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

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

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  Louisa 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 Louisa County.