Do you know of Moores Store ???

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

Our sources for Moores Store (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 Moores Store other than they indicate that Moores Store would be found somewhere in Shenandoah County, Virginia.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Moores Store ...

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

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Moores Store - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Moores Store.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 51/53064   (Place Name: Moores Store)

County: Shenandoah     (FIPS State/County: 51/171)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Moores Store) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Shenandoah 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 Shenandoah County.