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Do you know of Shores ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1879 and closed  in 1956.

Communities Also Named Shores ...

We found one communities that share the name Shores.

Within Virginia, the name Shores is unique.

Beyond Virginia, there is another community also named Shores in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Nevada
      • Elko County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Shores [Elko County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Shores ...

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

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 Shores - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Shores.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 51/72224   (Place Name: Shores)

County: Fluvanna     (FIPS State/County: 51/065)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Shores) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Fluvanna 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 Fluvanna County.

Boswell'sMiddleton
Bowlesville 
BremoProffits Store
  
Central PlainsRivanna
Chapel Hill 
CroftonSeven Islands
 Shepherds Store
ElliottsvilleStillman
 Strathmore
Hunter's Lodge 
 Vallena
Leonis 
Lewis StoreWinnsville
  

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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