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Do you know of Model ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1895 and closed  in 1902.

Communities Also Named Model ...

We found one communities that share the name Model.

Within Virginia, the name Model is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Las Animas County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Model [Las Animas County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Model ...

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

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  Rockingham 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 Rockingham County.

Amberly 
AntelopeMount Herman
  
Baker's MillNormal
Blue Hole 
Broadway DepotOnawan
Bruce 
 Paradise
ChrismanPaul
Cowan's DepotPleasant Hill
Cowans 
 Rainbow
DovesvilleRoadside
 Roark
EarmansRockingham
 Rutherford
Fair Hill 
Fort HooverScottsford
 Shendun
HarrisburghSky
HolmanStar Lick
HooverStonewall
HuppSuters
 Swiftrun
Jamison 
 Valeview
Latona 
LaymanWaverlie
Leander 
Linville DepotYancey

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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