Do you know of Landsdown ???

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

Our sources for Landsdown (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 Landsdown other than they indicate that Landsdown would be found somewhere in Prince William County, Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1848 and closed  in 1903.

Communities Also Named Landsdown ...

We found one communities that share the name Landsdown.

Within Virginia, the name Landsdown is unique.

Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Landsdown in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • North Carolina
    • Cleveland County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Landsdown [Cleveland County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Landsdown ...

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

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

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

More Orphans in  Prince William 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 Prince William County.