Do you know of Shafter ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1898 and closed  in 1920.

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 Shafter ...

We found seven communities that share the name Shafter.

Within Virginia, the name Shafter is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • California
    • Kern County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Shafter [Kern County].
    • Marin County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Shafter [Marin County].
  • Illinois
    • Fayette County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Shafter [Fayette County].
  • Kentucky
    • Pulaski County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Shafter [Pulaski County].
  • Missouri
    • Linn County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Shafter [Linn County].
  • Nevada
    • Elko County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Shafter [Elko County].
  • Texas
    • Presidio County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Shafter [Presidio County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Shafter ...

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

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  Albemarle 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 Albemarle County.