Do you know of Leander ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Leander. 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 Leander.

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1889 and closed  in 1893.

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.

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.

Communities Also Named Leander ...

We found seven communities that share the name Leander.

Within Virginia, the name Leander is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Kentucky
    • Johnson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Leander [Johnson County].
  • Louisiana
    • Vernon Parish
    • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Leander [Vernon Parish].
  • Minnesota
    • Saint Louis County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Leander [Saint Louis County].
  • North Carolina
    • Watauga County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Leander [Watauga County].
  • Oklahoma
    • Pawnee County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Leander [Pawnee County].
  • Texas
    • Williamson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Leander [Williamson County].
  • West Virginia
    • Fayette County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Leander [Fayette County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Leander ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

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

More Orphans in  Rockingham 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 Rockingham County.