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Do you know of Island ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1880 and closed  in 1941.

Communities Also Named Island ...

We found nineteen communities that share the name Island.

Within Virginia, the name Island is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Sebastian County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Island [Sebastian County].
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Island [New Castle County].
      • Sussex County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Island [Sussex County].
    • Florida
      • Osceola County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Island [Osceola County].
    • Illinois
      • Lawrence County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Island [Lawrence County].
    • Kansas
      • Neosho County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Island [Neosho County].
    • Kentucky
      • McLean County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Island [McLean County].
    • Louisiana
      • Iberville Parish
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Island [Iberville Parish].
      • Pointe Coupee Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Island [Pointe Coupee Parish].
    • Massachusetts
      • Worcester County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Island [Worcester County].
    • Minnesota
      • Saint Louis County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Island [Saint Louis County].
    • New York
      • New York County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Island [New York County].
    • Ohio
      • Mahoning County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Island [Mahoning County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Island.
    • Oregon
      • Clackamas County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Island [Clackamas County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Clinton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Island [Clinton County].
    • Texas
      • Galveston County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Island [Galveston County].
      • Madison County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Island [Madison County].
    • Vermont
      • Windsor County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Island [Windsor County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Island ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Island - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

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

More Orphans in  Goochland 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 Goochland County.

AndersonManakin - Sabot
 Mintonville
Balham 
BeaumontOld Office
Bolling's Hall 
BrookingsPeers
 Phone
Dickens 
Dover MillsReding
Dover MinesRichards
 Rock Castle
Elk Hill Mills 
EnrightSabot Island
 Seldon
Hadens StoreShako
Howard's NeckSims
 Slabe
IssequenaStanard
 State Farm
Jude's Ferry 
 Tinsleyville
Lantana 
LassiterVinitaville
Licking 
 Watkinsville

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>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Island 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.
<3>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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