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Do you know of Land of Promise ???

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

Our sources for Land of Promise (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Land of Promise other than they indicate that Land of Promise would be found somewhere in , Virginia.

Communities Also Named Land of Promise ...

We found one communities that share the name Land of Promise.

Within Virginia, the name Land of Promise is unique.

Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Land of Promise in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Frederick County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Land of Promise [Frederick County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Land of Promise ...

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

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Land of Promise.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 51/43752   (Place Name: Land of Promise)

County: Virginia Beach (city)     (FIPS State/County: 51/810)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Land of Promise) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

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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 .

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Blossom Hill 
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Chesopeian 
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Fort Story 
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 Shadowlawn Heights
George Washington ParkShelton
Groveland 

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.









 

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