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Do you know of Sky ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1897 and closed  in 1902.

Communities Also Named Sky ...

We found one communities that share the name Sky.

Within Virginia, the name Sky is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Missouri
      • New Madrid County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Sky [New Madrid County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Sky ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

More Orphans in  Rockingham 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 Rockingham County.

Amberly 
AntelopeModel
 Mount Herman
Baker's Mill 
Blue HoleNormal
Broadway Depot 
BruceOnawan
  
ChrismanParadise
Cowan's DepotPaul
CowansPleasant Hill
  
DovesvilleRainbow
 Roadside
EarmansRoark
 Rockingham
Fair HillRutherford
Fort Hoover 
 Scottsford
HarrisburghShendun
HolmanStar Lick
HooverStonewall
HuppSuters
 Swiftrun
Jamison 
 Valeview
Latona 
LaymanWaverlie
Leander 
Linville DepotYancey

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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