Do you know of Ocran ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Ocran. 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 Ocran.<1> Our sources for Ocran (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 Ocran other than they indicate that Ocran would be found somewhere in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1890 and closed in 1892. Communities Also Named Ocran ...We found one communities that share the name Ocran. There is one other community in Virginia which is also named Ocran. Beyond Virginia.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Ocran ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Ocran: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Ocran - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned More Orphans in Dinwiddie 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 Dinwiddie County. Footnotes ...
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