Do you know of Magnet ???

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

Our sources for Magnet (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 Magnet other than they indicate that Magnet would be found somewhere in Hot Spring County, Arkansas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1884 and closed  in 1940.

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 Magnet ...

We found nine communities that share the name Magnet.

Within Arkansas, the name Magnet is unique.

Beyond Arkansas, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • California
    • Madera County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Magnet [Madera County].
  • Georgia
    • Rockdale County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Magnet [Rockdale County].
  • Illinois
    • Coles County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Magnet [Coles County].
  • Indiana
    • Perry County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Magnet [Perry County].
  • Manitoba
    • Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Magnet.
  • Missouri
    • Atchison County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Magnet [Atchison County].
  • Nebraska
    • Cedar County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Magnet [Cedar County].
  • Texas
    • Wharton County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Magnet [Wharton County].
  • Virginia
    • Isle of Wight County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Magnet [Isle of Wight County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Magnet ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Magnet.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 05/43400   (Place Name: Magnet)

County: Hot Spring     (FIPS State/County: 05/059)

Class: X3

More Orphans in  Hot Spring 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 Hot Spring County.