Do you know of Princeton ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Princeton. 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 Princeton.
Our sources for Princeton (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Princeton other than they indicate that Princeton would be found somewhere in Carroll County, Virginia.
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.
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.
Communities Also Named Princeton ...
We found 43 communities that share the name Princeton.
Within Virginia, the name Princeton is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 43 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 43 communities, 40 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Princeton [Jackson County].
- Arkansas
- Crittenden County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Princeton [Crittenden County].
- Dallas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Princeton [Dallas County].
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Princeton.
- California
- Colusa County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Princeton [Colusa County].
- Glenn County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Princeton [Glenn County].
- San Mateo County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Princeton [San Mateo County].
- Colorado
- Chaffee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Princeton [Chaffee County].
- Florida
- Miami-Dade County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Princeton [Miami-Dade County].
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Latah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Princeton [Latah County].
- Illinois
- Bureau County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Princeton [Bureau County].
- Indiana
- Gibson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Princeton [Gibson County].
- Iowa
- Scott County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Princeton [Scott County].
- Kansas
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Princeton [Franklin County].
- Johnson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Princeton [Johnson County].
- Kentucky
- Caldwell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Princeton [Caldwell County].
- Louisiana
- Bossier Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Princeton [Bossier Parish].
- Maine
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Princeton [Washington County].
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Worcester County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Princeton [Worcester County].
- Michigan
- Marquette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Princeton [Marquette County].
- Minnesota
- Mille Lacs County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Princeton [Mille Lacs County].
- Mississippi
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Princeton [Washington County].
- Missouri
- Mercer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Princeton [Mercer County].
- Montana
- Granite County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Princeton [Granite County].
- Nebraska
- Lancaster County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Princeton [Lancaster County].
- Nevada
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Princeton [Lincoln County].
- New Jersey
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Princeton.
- North Carolina
- Johnston County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Princeton [Johnston County].
- Ohio
- Butler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Princeton [Butler County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Princeton.
- Oregon
- Harney County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Princeton [Harney County].
- Pennsylvania
- Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Princeton [Lawrence County].
- South Carolina
- Horry County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Princeton [Horry County].
- Laurens County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Princeton [Laurens County].
- Tennessee
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Princeton [Washington County].
- Texas
- West Virginia
- Mercer County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Princeton [Mercer County].
- Wisconsin
- Green Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Princeton [Green Lake County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Princeton ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Princeton:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Princeton - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Carroll 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 Carroll County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Princeton could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |