Do you know of Laurel Branch ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Laurel Branch. 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 Laurel Branch.<1> We found mention of Laurel Branch as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Henrico County, Virginia. It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2> From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1850 and closed in 1851. Communities Also Named Laurel Branch ...We found four communities that share the name Laurel Branch. There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Laurel Branch. Beyond Virginia, we know of another three communities that are located throughout in the United States.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Laurel Branch ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Laurel Branch: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3> Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
More Orphans in Henrico 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 Henrico County. Footnotes ...
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