Do you know of News Ferry ???

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

Our sources for News Ferry (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 News Ferry other than they indicate that News Ferry would be found somewhere in Halifax County, Virginia.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for News Ferry ...

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

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for News Ferry - 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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for News Ferry.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 51/56064   (Place Name: News Ferry)

County: Halifax     (FIPS State/County: 51/083)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, News Ferry) 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  Halifax 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 Halifax County.