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Do you know of Amity ???

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

Our sources for Amity (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Amity other than they indicate that Amity would be found somewhere in Jefferson County, Alabama.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1891 and closed  in 1892.

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.

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.

Communities Also Named Amity ...

We found 24 communities that share the name Amity.

Within Alabama, the name Amity is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Clark County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Amity [Clark County].
      • Howard County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Amity [Howard County].
    • Colorado
      • Prowers 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 Colorado community of Amity [Prowers County].
    • Connecticut
      • New Haven 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 Connecticut community of Amity [New Haven County].
    • Georgia
      • Lincoln County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Amity [Lincoln County].
    • Illinois
      • Richland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Amity [Richland County].
    • Indiana
      • Johnson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Amity [Johnson County].
    • Iowa
      • Scott 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 Iowa community of Amity [Scott County].
    • Kansas
      • Jewell 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 Kansas community of Amity [Jewell County].
    • Kentucky
      • Hardin 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 Kentucky community of Amity [Hardin County].
    • Maine
      • Aroostook County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Amity [Aroostook County].
    • Missouri
      • DeKalb County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Amity [DeKalb County].
    • New York
      • Orange County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Amity [Orange County].
    • North Carolina
      • Iredell 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 North Carolina community of Amity [Iredell County].
    • Ohio
      • Hamilton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Amity [Hamilton County].
      • Knox County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Amity [Knox County].
      • Madison County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Amity [Madison County].
      • Mahoning County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Amity [Mahoning County].
      • Montgomery County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Amity [Montgomery County].
    • Oregon
      • Yamhill County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Amity [Yamhill County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bucks County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Amity [Bucks County].
      • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Amity [Washington County].
    • Tennessee
      • Cannon County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Amity [Cannon County].
    • Texas
      • Comanche County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Amity [Comanche County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Amity ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Amity - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Jefferson 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 Jefferson County.

Alabama Rolling MillMabel
AlfrettaMaben
AliceMagella
Altadena ValleyMaury
Argo StationMcAddry
 McWilliams
Baugh'sMerkel
BaylorMiles
Beachwood ParkMims
Belle SumterMorrowville
BellwoodMorton
Ben Vines GapMounds
Bessie MinesMount Pinson
BirminghamportMountain Woods
BirwatMurray
Biven 
BoylesNorrell Junction
Brake 
Brock'sOregon
Brunnet Heights 
Bryan StationPalmer
BurstallPartridge
 Passcut
Camp OliverPassing Track
CatocinPawnee
Coal CreekPierce
CohortPinson - Clay - Chalkville
Connellsville MinesPinson Valley
CrestlinePratt Crossing
Crockett Junction 
Cymbling BranchQuinton
  
DagoRazburgh
DahindaReaders
DeBerniereRed Gap Junction
DivideRed Ore
DixianaRedding
DolcitoRegent Forest
 Rockville
EarnestRoosevelt City
ElliottRugby Highlands
Ensley FurnaceRutledge Heights
Ensley HeightsRutledge
  
FairviewSargon
Five Points WestSayre Mines
 Scrap
Garden HighlandsShade's Creek
GaryShaw
GeloweSherman
GilreathSlope Four
GraceSouth Yard
GracesSparks Gap
GranlinStaryeacre Ford
Green SpringsStephens
Green Valley 
GreeneTennessee Farms
Greene'sThomas Junction
GreensToad Vine
Gurley's CreekTruss
 Turpin
Hedona 
HenryellenUptown
Huff 
Hughe's SidingVesthaven
HuronVinesville
  
Interburan HeightsWaddell
Irondale JunctionWatt's
 West Birmingham
JeffersonWest Side
JonesboroughWheeler
 Wheeling
KawaneeWho'd A Thought It
 Wilgus
Leeds Mineral WellWoodlawn Junction
LindberghWoodward Red Ore
Little WarriorWymond
Lynn Crossing 
 Yuma

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Amity 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.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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