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Do you know of Toledo ???

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

Our sources for Toledo (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 Toledo other than they indicate that Toledo would be found somewhere in Fayette County, Alabama.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1873 and closed  in 1915.

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 Toledo ...

We found 22 communities that share the name Toledo.

Within Alabama, the name Toledo is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another 22 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 22 communities, 21 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Cleveland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Toledo [Cleveland County].
    • Georgia
      • Charlton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Toledo [Charlton County].
    • Illinois
      • Cumberland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Toledo [Cumberland County].
    • Indiana
      • Huntington 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 Indiana community of Toledo [Huntington County].
    • Iowa
      • Tama County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Toledo [Tama County].
    • Kansas
      • Chase County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Toledo [Chase County].
      • Lyon 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 Toledo [Lyon County].
    • Kentucky
      • Pulaski 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 Toledo [Pulaski County].
    • Louisiana
      • Vernon Parish
      • 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 Louisiana community of Toledo [Vernon Parish].
    • Missouri
      • Callaway County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Toledo [Callaway County].
      • Ozark County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Toledo [Ozark County].
    • Montana
      • Chouteau 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 Montana community of Toledo [Chouteau County].
    • North Carolina
      • Transylvania 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 Toledo [Transylvania County].
      • Wilson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Toledo [Wilson County].
      • Yancey County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Toledo [Yancey County].
    • Ohio
      • Lucas County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Toledo [Lucas County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Toledo.
    • Oregon
      • Benton 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 Oregon community of Toledo [Benton County].
      • Lincoln County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Toledo [Lincoln County].
    • Texas
      • Newton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Toledo [Newton County].
    • Washington
      • Lewis County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Toledo [Lewis County].
    • West Virginia
      • Nicholas 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 West Virginia community of Toledo [Nicholas County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Toledo ...

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

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 Toledo - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Fayette 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 Fayette County.

BallardLegg
BearLoco
Berry Station 
 Machine
CaneMajor
Cave SpringMilitary Springs
 Mills
Davis CreekMona
Dry CreekMont Calm
Dublin 
 New River
Eagle Mills 
ErwinPilgrim
  
Fayette Court HouseRena
 Rhine
GalileeRidge
Gilpin 
 Sardis
HandySipsey
HicoSpencer
Hugent 
 Tallula
Icy 
 Urania
Lawrence Mill 

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Toledo 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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