Do you know of Roe ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1908 and closed  in 1913.

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 Roe ...

We found five communities that share the name Roe.

Within Virginia, the name Roe is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Arkansas
    • Monroe County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Roe [Monroe County].
  • Colorado
    • Montrose County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Roe [Montrose County].
  • Maryland
    • Queen Anne's County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Roe [Queen Anne's County].
  • North Carolina
    • Carteret County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Roe [Carteret County].
  • Tennessee
    • Hamblen County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Roe [Hamblen County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Roe ...

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

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.

More Orphans in  Smyth 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 Smyth County.