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Do you know of Rival ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1892 and closed  in 1907.

Communities Also Named Rival ...

We found two communities that share the name Rival.

Within Virginia, the name Rival is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • North Dakota
      • Burke County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Rival [Burke County].
    • Tennessee
      • Sumner County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Rival [Sumner County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Rival ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Buckingham 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 Buckingham County.

ArcanumMelita
 Moseley
Beesville 
Bolling's LandingNew Store
Brierhook 
Buckingham CourthouseOctavia
 Omohundro
Diana MillsOre Bank
Dutch GapOslins
  
GarrettRock Island
Gondola 
GreyburnSlate River Mills
 South Bangor
HubardSutton
Hubbard 
 Tucker
Johnson 
 Variety Shade
Linkhorn 
 Wealthia
Malone 
MaysvilleZanesville

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/









 

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