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Do you know of Vimy ???

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

Our source wasn't clear whether Vimy 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 Vimy would be found somewhere in Mingo County, West Virginia.

Communities Also Named Vimy ...

We found one communities that share the name Vimy.

Within West Virginia, the name Vimy is unique.

Beyond West Virginia, there is another community also named Vimy in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Vimy.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Vimy ...

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

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 Vimy.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 54/83572   (Place Name: Vimy)

County: Mingo     (FIPS State/County: 54/059)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Vimy) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Mingo 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 Mingo County.

AlnwickLavoy
AppletonLick Fork Spur Junction
ArmenLight
  
Beech CreekMcCarr
Ben Creek SpurMillstone
BreadingMitchell Branch Junction
ButtercupMitchell Branch
  
ClarmatanNeds Branch
ColonelNelco
  
DomesticPuritan
  
EdgartonRose Siding
Elda 
ErawScaggs
EugeneScarlet Glen
 Steep Gut Hollow
Gilbert YardSycamore Junction
Glenalum 
 Tekram
HaleTimbar
Hatfield Bottom 
HollyvilleUde
  
KimberlingWest End
 West Gilbert

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.









 

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