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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.
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)
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)
SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
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. Footnotes ...
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