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Do you know of Pigeon Run ???

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

We found mention of Pigeon Run as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Campbell County, Virginia.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1836 and closed  in 1890.

Communities Also Named Pigeon Run ...

We found two communities that share the name Pigeon Run.

Within Virginia, the name Pigeon Run is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Delaware
      • New Castle County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Pigeon Run [New Castle County].
    • Ohio
      • Stark County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Pigeon Run [Stark County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Pigeon Run ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

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

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

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

More Orphans in  Campbell 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 Campbell County.

Arnoldton 
 Leets
BarqueLipscombs
BryceLone Jack
Burton's CreekLucado
 Lynchburg
CasseysLynch's
Castle Craig 
ClarionMansion
Concord DepotMike
CrosbyMorris Church
  
DalzellNameless
Dinguid 
DurmidOtter River
  
EarlyPatrick Henry
EdgePlum Branch
EvolPosm
  
Falling BridgeReusens
  
Gravel RidgeSimpson
  
HalseyTheta
 Twedy's
KeeverTyree
Kew 
KnollsWilmer

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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