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Do you know of Grosses ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Grosses. 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 Grosses.<1>

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1880 and closed  in 1909.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Grosses ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Smyth 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 Smyth County.

AspinvillePlasterburg
 Pleasant Hill
Blue Spring 
 Quarry
Camp 
The CedarsRich Valley
CopenhaverRoe
 Roxie
GypsumRye Valley
  
Holstein MillsSaint Clair Bottom
Holsten MillsSchuleen
HolstonSpratts
 Summit
La Mont 
LamontTeas
LumaThomas Bridge
 Town House
New QuarryTwo Mile Branch
North Fork 
 Valley View
Olympia 
 Wassum
Perryville 

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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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