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Do you know of Plum Branch ???

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

Our sources for Plum Branch (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 Plum Branch other than they indicate that Plum Branch would be found somewhere in Campbell County, Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1882 and closed  in 1906.

Communities Also Named Plum Branch ...

We found one communities that share the name Plum Branch.

Within Virginia, the name Plum Branch is unique.

Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Plum Branch in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • South Carolina
      • McCormick County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Plum Branch [McCormick County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Plum Branch ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

More Orphans in  Campbell 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 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
EdgePigeon Run
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>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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