Do you know of Refuge ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Refuge. 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 Refuge.

Our sources for Refuge (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 Refuge other than they indicate that Refuge would be found somewhere in Frederick County, Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1902 and closed  in 1905.

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 Refuge ...

We found five communities that share the name Refuge.

Within Virginia, the name Refuge is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Talladega County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Refuge [Talladega County].
  • Georgia
    • Camden County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Refuge [Camden County].
  • Mississippi
    • Humphreys County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Refuge [Humphreys County].
    • Washington County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Refuge [Washington County].
  • Texas
    • Houston County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Refuge [Houston County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Refuge ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Refuge.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 51/66352   (Place Name: Refuge)

County: Frederick     (FIPS State/County: 51/069)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Refuge) 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  Frederick 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 Frederick County.