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

We found mention of Pinners Point as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in , Virginia.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Pinners Point ...

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

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Pinners Point.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 51/62776   (Place Name: Pinners Point)

County: Portsmouth (city)     (FIPS State/County: 51/740)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Pinners Point) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in   ...

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 .

Alexander Park 
 Olive
Glenshellah 
 Portside
Highland ParkPrentiss Place
  
New GosportRollingwood

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.