Do you know of Smyrna ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Smyrna. 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 Smyrna.
Our sources for Smyrna (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 Smyrna other than they indicate that Smyrna would be found somewhere in Bedford County, Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1876 and closed in 1904.
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 Smyrna ...
We found 37 communities that share the name Smyrna.
Within Virginia, the name Smyrna is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 37 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Smyrna [Clark County].
- Howard County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Smyrna [Howard County].
- Pope County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Smyrna [Pope County].
- White County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Smyrna [White County].
- California
- Tulare County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Smyrna [Tulare County].
- Delaware
- Kent County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Smyrna [Kent County].
- Florida
- Holmes County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Smyrna [Holmes County].
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Clarke County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Smyrna [Clarke County].
- Kentucky
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Smyrna [Jefferson County].
- Louisiana
- De Soto Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Smyrna [De Soto Parish].
- Maine
- Aroostook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Smyrna [Aroostook County].
- Michigan
- Ionia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Smyrna [Ionia County].
- Mississippi
- Nebraska
- Nuckolls County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Smyrna [Nuckolls County].
- New York
- Chenango County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Smyrna [Chenango County].
- North Carolina
- Carteret County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Smyrna [Carteret County].
- Ohio
- Harrison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Smyrna [Harrison County].
- Pennsylvania
- Lancaster County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Smyrna [Lancaster County].
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Carroll County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Smyrna [Carroll County].
- Marshall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Smyrna [Marshall County].
- Pickett County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Smyrna [Pickett County].
- Rutherford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Smyrna [Rutherford County].
- Warren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Smyrna [Warren County].
- Texas
- Cass County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Smyrna [Cass County].
- Harrison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Smyrna [Harrison County].
- Montague County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Smyrna [Montague County].
- Rains County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Smyrna [Rains County].
- Washington
- Grant County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Smyrna [Grant County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Smyrna ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Smyrna:
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 Smyrna - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Bedford 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 Bedford County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |