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Do you know of Linkhorn ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1904 and closed  in 1907.

Communities Also Named Linkhorn ...

We found one communities that share the name Linkhorn.

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

Beyond Virginia.

  • Communities Located In Virginia ...
    • Virginia Beach City
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Linkhorn [Virginia Beach City].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Linkhorn ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Buckingham 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 Buckingham County.

Arcanum 
 New Store
Beesville 
Bolling's LandingOctavia
BrierhookOmohundro
Buckingham CourthouseOre Bank
 Oslins
Diana Mills 
Dutch GapRival
 Rock Island
Garrett 
GondolaSlate River Mills
GreyburnSouth Bangor
 Sutton
Hubard 
HubbardTucker
  
JohnsonVariety Shade
  
MaloneWealthia
Maysville 
MelitaZanesville
Moseley 

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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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