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Do you know of Bacon ???

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

We found mention of Bacon as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Sussex County, Delaware.

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.

Communities Also Named Bacon ...

We found eleven communities that share the name Bacon.

Within Delaware, the name Bacon is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Idaho
      • Adams County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Bacon [Adams County].
    • Indiana
      • Marion 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 Bacon [Marion County].
      • Orange County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Bacon [Orange County].
    • Kansas
      • Lincoln 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 Bacon [Lincoln County].
    • Michigan
      • Antrim 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 Michigan community of Bacon [Antrim County].
    • Mississippi
      • Chickasaw County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Bacon [Chickasaw County].
    • Missouri
      • Cass County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bacon [Cass County].
      • Moniteau County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Bacon [Moniteau County].
    • Ohio
      • Coshocton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bacon [Coshocton County].
    • Texas
      • Wichita County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bacon [Wichita County].
    • Washington
      • Grant County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Bacon [Grant County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bacon ...

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Bacon.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 10/03220   (Place Name: Bacon)

County: Sussex     (FIPS State/County: 10/005)

Class: X2

More Orphans in  Sussex 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 Sussex County.

Angola Beach 
AngolaNanticoke
Anna AcresNorthwest Seaford
Argo 
 Oakel
Beacon Mill PondOld Shawnee
Broadkill 
 Ponders Siding
Cedar CreekPrimehook Neck
Cedar Neck 
Cottonpatch HillRodney
CypressRosedale Beach
  
Indian RiverShorts Beach
 Slaughter Neck
Johnson CornerSlaytonville
JohnstownSmith
 Stockly
Lincoln City 
 West Fork
Messick'sWhites Creek
MispillionWhitesboro

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 Bacon 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.









 

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