Do you know of Gossan ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Gossan. 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 Gossan.<1> Our sources for Gossan (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 Gossan other than they indicate that Gossan would be found somewhere in Carroll County, Virginia. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1890 and closed in 1904. Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gossan ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Gossan: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Gossan - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station More Orphans in Carroll 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 Carroll County. Footnotes ...
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