Do you know of Verdun ???

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

Our source wasn't clear whether Verdun was a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Verdun would be found somewhere in Logan County, West Virginia.

Communities Also Named Verdun ...

We found four communities that share the name Verdun.

Within West Virginia, the name Verdun is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these four communities, .

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Louisiana
  - Livingston Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Verdun [Livingston Parish].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Verdun.
- Quebec
  - Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Verdun.
- Tennessee
  - Scott County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Verdun [Scott County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Verdun ...

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

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 Verdun.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 54/83308 (Place Name: Verdun (Rr Name For Verdunville))

County: Logan (FIPS State/County: 54/045)

Class: X3

More Orphans in Logan 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 Logan County.

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>	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.