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Do you know of Lux ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1901 and closed  in 1908.

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 Lux ...

We found three communities that share the name Lux.

Within Virginia, the name Lux is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Mississippi
      • Covington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Lux [Covington County].
    • Montana
      • Gallatin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Lux [Gallatin County].
    • Nevada
      • Lyon County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Lux [Lyon County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lux ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Dinwiddie 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 Dinwiddie County.

AcreeGunshill
  
BlickvilleIonia
Burnt Quarter 
 Lina
Center Star 
Church RoadMaceo
ClementMeridian
CollierMount Level
  
DistonNamozine
  
Edgehill ParkOcran
Era 
 Petersburg
FlakePoole
FlaxPride
Ford 
Ford's DepotReam's Station
Ford'sRitchieville
Forge 
Fort EmorySan Marino
Fort FisherSeacoast
Fort Lee 
Fort UrmstonTruitt
Fort Wadsworth 
Fort WelchWilkinsons Store
Fort WheatonWilson
 Wyoming
Goodwynsville 

Footnotes ...

<1>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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