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Do you know of Lakes ???

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

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Lakes, so we are uncertain whether Lakes is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Lakes would be found somewhere in Bedford County, Virginia.

Communities Also Named Lakes ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Lakes.

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

Beyond Virginia, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Virginia Beach City
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Lakes [Virginia Beach City].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alaska
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alaska community of Lakes.
    • Arizona
      • Maricopa County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Lakes [Maricopa County].
    • Arkansas
      • Crittenden 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 Arkansas community of Lakes [Crittenden County].
    • Georgia
      • Camden County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Lakes [Camden County].
    • Kentucky
      • Jackson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Lakes [Jackson County].
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Lakes [Baltimore County].
    • Minnesota
      • Murray County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Lakes [Murray County].
    • Nevada
      • Clark 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 Nevada community of Lakes [Clark County].
    • North Carolina
      • Cumberland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Lakes [Cumberland County].
    • Washington
      • King 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 Lakes [King County].

More Orphans in  Bedford 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 Bedford County.

AltheaKelso
  
BeardsvilleLiberty
Bedford CityLisbon
BellsLone Gum
BethelLone Pine
BlountLoving Creek
Body Camp 
BrierfieldMarrville
BufordvilleMatilda
 Meyrick
Carter's IslandMons
Claymont 
Clay'sNininger
Coleman 
Cross RoadsOrrix
CrystalOtter Bridge
  
DelayPeaks
DeweyPedlar's
 Penicks
EmausPierceville
EphesusPlymale
 Prease
Fontella 
Forest DepotRigna
 Rodes
GillaspieRodney
GoffsRough
Granberry 
Graves StoreSandy Ford
 Smyrna
HammetSnowden Station
HelenaSpace
Hendricks StoreStone Mountain
Hester 
Holcomb RockThurman
HorebTimbo
  
IronvilleWades
 Waltons Store
JoppaWhite Rock
  

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 Lakes 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.









 

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