Tarpon, Virginia

Tarpon is an unincorporated community in Dickenson County, Virginia, in the United States.[1]

History

Tarpon contained a post office from 1876 until 1961.[2] Pine tar on a nearby pond gave the community its name.[3]

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gollark: As "the definite article", typically.
gollark: They never define stuff like "the" without just using the words.
gollark: That's mostly just recursive.
gollark: I assumed you were talking about religion there initially given the phrasing, which I do consider to involve horrible punishment for dubious ethical reasons. But in general it seems to basically just mean "punishment", with connotations of "in accordance with some allegedly fair procedure(s)".

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tarpon, Virginia
  2. "Dickenson County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  3. Tennis, Joe (2004). Southwest Virginia Crossroads: An Almanac of Place Names and Places to See. The Overmountain Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-57072-256-1.



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