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Do you know of Steeleville ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1890 and closed  in 1894.

Communities Also Named Steeleville ...

We found one communities that share the name Steeleville.

Within Virginia, the name Steeleville is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Illinois
      • Randolph County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Steeleville [Randolph County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Steeleville ...

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

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

More Orphans in  Southampton 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 Southampton County.

AirfieldHenningsville
AssamoosickHercules
  
BaffleJerusalem
Bowers 
BowyersvillePinopolis
 Pretlow
CobbsvillePumpkin
Conley 
 Sands
EnterpriseSilverton
 Story
Faisonville 
Franklin DepotUggal
 Urquhart's Store
Green Level 
 Verna
Hand 
Handsom's DepotWeeksville
HeingsvilleWilford Siding

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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