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Do you know of Joyceville ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1855 and closed  in 1920.

Communities Also Named Joyceville ...

We found three communities that share the name Joyceville.

There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Joyceville.

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

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Brunswick County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Joyceville [Brunswick County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Connecticut
      • Litchfield County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Joyceville [Litchfield County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Joyceville.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Joyceville ...

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

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 Joyceville - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

More Orphans in  Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg County.

AbbyvilleLawsons Store
  
BeechnutMarshallsville
Black's RidgeMeredith
Buffalo Lithia Springs 
Burnt StoreNunn
Bynum Store 
 Oakley
CephasOrgainsville
ChristiansvilleOverland
  
DraperevillePortia
DrolPush
  
EgmontReddirt
 Reekes
Field'sRiggan
Five Forks 
 Saffolds
GoldleafSaint Tammany's
 Skelton
HammervilleSmilax
HammevilleSpring Hill
HanfordStony Cross
 Swepson
Inca 
 Tarry's Mill
Jumbo 
 Walker Store
KeetonsvilleWayside
 White House
LambertWoburn

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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