Do you know of Poplar Camp ???

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

Our sources for Poplar Camp (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 Poplar Camp other than they indicate that Poplar Camp would be found somewhere in Wythe County, Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1845 and closed  in 1919.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Poplar Camp ...

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

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

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Poplar Camp.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 51/63656   (Place Name: Poplar Camp)

County: Wythe     (FIPS State/County: 51/197)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Poplar Camp) 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  Wythe 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 Wythe County.