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Do you know of Iona ???

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

We found mention of Iona as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Fairfax 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 1869 and closed  in 1873.

Communities Also Named Iona ...

We found nineteen communities that share the name Iona.

Within Virginia, the name Iona is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nineteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and four are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Lee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Iona [Lee County].
    • Idaho
      • Bonneville County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Iona [Bonneville County].
    • Indiana
      • Knox County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Iona [Knox County].
    • Minnesota
      • Murray County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Iona [Murray County].
    • Missouri
      • Cape Girardeau County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Iona [Cape Girardeau County].
      • Worth County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Iona [Worth County].
    • Montana
      • Dawson 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 Montana community of Iona [Dawson County].
    • New Jersey
      • Gloucester County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Iona [Gloucester County].
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Iona.
    • Nova Scotia
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Iona.
    • Ohio
      • Ashtabula County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Iona [Ashtabula County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Murray County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Iona [Murray County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Iona.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lebanon County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Iona [Lebanon County].
    • Prince Edward Island
      • Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Iona.
    • South Dakota
      • Lyman County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Iona [Lyman County].
    • Texas
      • Parker County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Iona [Parker County].
      • Tarrant 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 Texas community of Iona [Tarrant County].
    • Washington
      • Adams 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 Washington community of Iona [Adams County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Iona ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

More Orphans in  Fairfax 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 Fairfax County.

Accotink SpringsLorton Valley
Accotink StationLynobrook
Amherst 
Annandale GardensMackall Hill
Aura HeightsMadrillon
 Mallow
Belle ForestMantua
BelmontMaple Grove
BelvoirMaple Terrace
Betana ParkMarlan Forest
Bonniemill GardensMarshall Farms
BordeauxMary Lee Park
Braddock HillsMason
Brecon RidgeMeridan Park
Brighton SquareMero
Bristow VillageMerry Oaks
Bull RunMiddleridge
Burgundy FarmsMosby
Burke HeightsMoss Crest
Burke HillsMount Daniel
Burke's StationMount Vernon Cedars
Bush HillMount Vernon Forest
 Mount Vernon Grove
CameronMount Vernon Hills
Carriage HillMount Vernon-On-The-Potomac
CavalcadeMount Vernon Park
Cedar SpringsMount Vernon Terrace
Chalet WoodsMount Vernon Valley
Chapel SquareMount Zephyr
Chester ParkMunson Hill
Chesterbrooke Mews 
ClearfieldNeverlet
Clifton StationNewington Station
Colonial FarmsNewington Woods
Colvin Run MillNorth Pine Ridge
Colvin RunNorth Post
CoolspringNorth Woodley
Crestwood 
CrosswindsOak Ridge
Cyrandall ValleyOak Valley
 Olde Forge
Danbury ForestOldewood
DewittOrange Hunt
DifficultOrleans Village
DitchleyOx Hill
Doddville 
 Panoramic Hills
East WoodfordParkwood
EdsallPickwick
ElkinsPinecrest Heights
Engleside VillagePinewood South
EnglesidePiney Run
The English HillsPleasant Valley
 Pohick River Pines
Fair HillPoplar Hill
Fairfax VillaProspect Hill
Falls Church 
FarrRavensworth Farms
Flint HillRavenwood Park
ForestvilleRaymondale
Fort BelvoirReflection Place
Fort FarnsworthReids Grove
Fort LyonRepublican Mills
Fort Lyons HeightsRidgecrest
Fort MarcyRiversidepark
Fort WillardRock Springs
FostoriaRockland Village
Franconia CommonsRolling Hills
Frying PanRolling Valley
 Roundtree
GambrillRoyal Court
Garfield 
Glen ErinSaratoga
Glen GarySeminary
Glen OaksShady Oak
GlenbrookSherwood Hall
Grange CampSherwood
Grass RidgeShirley Springs
Grays Hill VillageShrevewood
GreenwaySky View Park
Groveton GardensSleepy Hollow Run
GunstonSouth Franconia
 South Woodley
Hayfield FarmsSpring Hill
Heritage SquareSpringbrook Forest
Heritage VillageSpringfield Woods
HiddenbrookSpringman
Hillbrook ForestStoneleigh
Hollin Hall VillageStratford
Hollinbrook ParkSunny Ridge
HollinswoodSurrey Square
Holly ForestSutton Place
Home Crest 
Hunter WoodsTall Oaks
Hunter's MillsTauxemont
Hunters ValleyThe Timbers
Hunter'sTimothy Park
Hunting CreekTree Brooke
Hunting RidgeTremont
Hybla Valley FarmsTuxamount
  
Jackson HillsVertain Park
Jefferson MewsVilla Loring
Johnsons Corner 
Jones CornerWakefield Chapel Woods
 Wakefield Chapel
Kentland FarmsWest End
Kings Park WestWest Lewinsville Heights
KirksideWestchester
 Westmont
Lake AnneWestmoreland Heights
Lake HillsWestmoreland Park
Langley RidgeWildwood
Laurel GroveWillard
Lee ManorWilliamsburg Manor
Leigh MillWillston
Leighs CornerWoodburn Heights
Little River PinesWoodlawn Park
LoisdaleWoodlawn Terrace
Long BranchWright Woods
Longdale 

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 Iona 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/









 

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