Do you know of Overland ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1888 and closed  in 1905.

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 Overland ...

We found six communities that share the name Overland.

Within Virginia, the name Overland is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Missouri
    • Saint Louis County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Overland [Saint Louis County].
  • Nebraska
    • Hamilton County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Overland [Hamilton County].
  • Nevada
    • Elko County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Overland [Elko County].
  • Oregon
    • Coos County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Overland [Coos County].
  • Texas
    • Hopkins County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Overland [Hopkins County].
  • Wyoming
    • Carbon County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Overland [Carbon County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Overland ...

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

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 Overland - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

More Orphans in  Mecklenburg 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 Mecklenburg County.