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Do you know of Montreal ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1867 and closed  in 1900.

Communities Also Named Montreal ...

We found eight communities that share the name Montreal.

Within Virginia, the name Montreal is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Sebastian County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Montreal [Sebastian County].
    • Georgia
      • DeKalb County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Montreal [DeKalb County].
    • Michigan
      • Gogebic County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Montreal [Gogebic County].
    • Missouri
      • Camden County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Montreal [Camden County].
      • Texas County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Montreal [Texas County].
    • Ohio
      • Lawrence County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Montreal [Lawrence County].
    • Quebec
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Montreal.
    • Wisconsin
      • Iron County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Montreal [Iron County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Montreal ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Montreal - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

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

More Orphans in  Nelson 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 Nelson County.

AlhambraLove
Asbestine 
 Manteo
BoazMidway
BroaddusMount Horeb
Buffalo MinesMyndus
Buffalo Station 
BufordOtway
  
ClaypoolPolar
CrossvillePoplar
  
DeerockRepton
Dutch CreekRock Fish Depot
 Rose Mills
Elk Furnace 
ElmingtonShelton
 Slaughter
Faber's MillsStage Bridge
Fleetwood 
FronteloTye River Depot
 Tye River Mills
Grape LawnTye River Warehouse
  
HardwicksvilleVariety Mills
Highland 
 Winginia

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>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Montreal could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>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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