Do you know of Ryland ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1885 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 Ryland ...

We found four communities that share the name Ryland.

Within Virginia, the name Ryland is unique.

Beyond Virginia, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Madison County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Ryland [Madison County].
  • Kentucky
    • Kenton County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Ryland [Kenton County].
  • North Carolina
    • Chowan County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Ryland [Chowan County].
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Ryland.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Ryland ...

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

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

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Culpeper 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 Culpeper County.