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Do you know of Pkin ???

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

Our source wasn't clear whether Pkin was a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Pkin would be found somewhere in Augusta County, Virginia.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Pkin ...

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Pkin.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 51/62936   (Place Name: Pkin)

County: Augusta     (FIPS State/County: 51/015)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Pkin) 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  Augusta 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 Augusta County.

Basic CityLunts
Baylor 
Bells LaneMary Gray
Big RiverMiddle River
Blue RidgeMilnesville
BodleyMoffats Creek
BrookewoodMoler's
Burke's MillsMossy Creek
 Mount Meridian
CathayMushet
Cave Station 
CavePettis
ClarePisgah
CotopariPlunkettsville
Crimora Station 
 Rockland Mills
DorcasRolla
  
Elizabeth FurnaceSeawright Spring
Estelline FurnaceSherwood Forest
 Shutterly Mill
GalenaSpitler
 Sport
HildebrandStaunton
Hilo 
 Taranto
Jennings Gap 
 Valley Mills
KingVanlear
Kiracofe 
 Waynesboro
La GrangeWells
LandisWoodrow Wilson
Lebanon White Sulphur SpringsWoodrum
Long Glade 
LunchvilleZetta

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.