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Do you know of Markham Station ???

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

We found mention of Markham Station as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Fauquier 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.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1852 and closed  in 1884.

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 Markham Station ...

We found one communities that share the name Markham Station.

Within Virginia, the name Markham Station is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • California
      • Sonoma County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Markham Station [Sonoma County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Markham Station ...

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

More Orphans in  Fauquier 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 Fauquier County.

Allwington 
 Norris
Bethel Academy 
BowenvilleOwl Run
Broad Run Station 
 Renmington
Clift MillsRoutt's
  
FarrowsvilleSelone
Fauquier SpringsShade
  
HitchThompson's Mill
  
Lucky HillVint Hill Farms Station
 Vint Hill Farms
Millview 
MosbyWalnut Branch

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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