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This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Read's Wharf. 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 Read's Wharf.<1>

Our sources for Read's Wharf (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 Read's Wharf other than they indicate that Read's Wharf would be found somewhere in Northampton County, Virginia.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Read's Wharf ...

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

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Read's Wharf - Services available: had a Post Office, Express Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

More Orphans in  Northampton 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 Northampton County.

BrightonKiptopeke Beach
  
CherrtonSelvaville
Cobb's IslandStewarts Wharf
Cobbs 
Concord WharfTankards Beach
  
DingleyWhite Cliffs
 Wierwood
HuntingtonWilkins Beach
 Willow Grove

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.