词条 | Smoky Ordinary, Virginia |
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HistoryThe 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] References1. ^1 {{GNIS|id=1474785|name=Smoky Ordinary}} {{Brunswick County, Virginia}}{{coord|36.8287594|-77.7380468|display=title}}{{BrunswickCountyVA-geo-stub}}2. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=5 January 2017}} 3. ^{{cite book|last1=Moyer|first1=Armond|last2=Moyer|first2=Winifred|title=The origins of unusual place-names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=125|year=1958|publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates|page=121}} 2 : Unincorporated communities in Brunswick County, Virginia|Unincorporated communities in Virginia |
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