Do you know of Repton ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Repton. 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 Repton.<1>
Our sources for Repton (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 Repton other than they indicate that Repton would be found somewhere in Nelson County, Virginia.
Communities Also Named Repton ...
We found two communities that share the name Repton.
Within Virginia, the name Repton is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Repton ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Repton:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Repton - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Nelson 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 Nelson County.
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/ |