Smoky Ordinary, Virginia
Smoky Ordinary is an unincorporated area in Brunswick County, Virginia.[1]
History
The name sometimes was spelled "Smokey Ordinary".[1] A post office called Smokey Ordinary was established in 1832, and remained in operation until 1964.[2] The town's first name was "Ordinary", but after it burned during the Revolutionary War, the name was prefixed with "Smok(e)y".[3]
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References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Smoky Ordinary
- "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 121.
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