Do you know of Morven ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1853 and closed  in 1909.

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 Morven ...

We found four communities that share the name Morven.

Within Virginia, the name Morven is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Georgia
    • Brooks County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Morven [Brooks County].
  • Indiana
    • Shelby County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Morven [Shelby County].
  • North Carolina
    • Anson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Morven [Anson County].
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Morven.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Morven ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Morven.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 51/53320   (Place Name: Morven)

County: Amelia     (FIPS State/County: 51/007)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Morven) 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  Amelia 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 Amelia County.