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Do you know of Villa Nova ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Villa Nova. 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 Villa Nova.

We found mention of Villa Nova as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Clay County, West Virginia.

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.

Communities Also Named Villa Nova ...

We found four communities that share the name Villa Nova.

Within West Virginia, the name Villa Nova 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, three are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Orange County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Villa Nova [Orange County].
    • Maryland
      • Baltimore County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Villa Nova [Baltimore County].
    • Ohio
      • Auglaize County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Villa Nova [Auglaize County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Villa Nova.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Villa Nova ...

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

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 Villa Nova.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 54/83548   (Place Name: Villa Nova (RR name for Duck))

County: Clay     (FIPS State/County: 54/015)

Class: X3

More Orphans in  Clay 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 Clay County.

AngelineMount Home
  
Big OtterOtter
Big Sycamore 
 Pleasant Retreat
Camp 
 Scotford
DimpleSerena
  
EldoradoValleyfork
  
MamieYankee Dam

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Villa Nova could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.









 

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