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Do you know of Raymond ???

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

Our sources for Raymond (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 Raymond other than they indicate that Raymond would be found somewhere in Polk County, Florida.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1890 and closed  in 1902.

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 Raymond ...

We found 36 communities that share the name Raymond.

Within Florida, the name Raymond is unique.

Beyond Florida, we know of another 36 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 36 communities, 34 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alberta
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Raymond.
    • Arkansas
      • Monroe County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Raymond [Monroe County].
    • California
      • Los Angeles 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 California community of Raymond [Los Angeles County].
      • Madera County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Raymond [Madera County].
    • Colorado
      • Boulder County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Raymond [Boulder County].
    • Georgia
      • Coweta County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Raymond [Coweta County].
    • Idaho
      • Bear Lake County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Raymond [Bear Lake County].
    • Illinois
      • Montgomery County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Raymond [Montgomery County].
    • Indiana
      • Franklin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Raymond [Franklin County].
    • Iowa
      • Black Hawk County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Raymond [Black Hawk County].
    • Kansas
      • Rice County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Raymond [Rice County].
    • Kentucky
      • Breckinridge County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Raymond [Breckinridge County].
    • Louisiana
      • Calcasieu 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 Raymond [Calcasieu Parish].
      • Jefferson Davis Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Raymond [Jefferson Davis Parish].
    • Maine
      • Cumberland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Raymond [Cumberland County].
    • Michigan
      • Charlevoix 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 Raymond [Charlevoix County].
    • Minnesota
      • Kandiyohi County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Raymond [Kandiyohi County].
    • Mississippi
      • Hinds County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Raymond [Hinds County].
    • Missouri
      • Reynolds County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Raymond [Reynolds 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 Raymond [Chouteau County].
      • Sheridan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Raymond [Sheridan County].
    • Nebraska
      • Lancaster County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Raymond [Lancaster County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Rockingham County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Raymond [Rockingham County].
    • New York
      • Niagara County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Raymond [Niagara County].
    • Ohio
      • Union County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Raymond [Union County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Raymond #
      • 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 Oklahoma community of Raymond.
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Raymond.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Potter County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Raymond [Potter County].
    • South Carolina
      • Orangeburg 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 South Carolina community of Raymond [Orangeburg County].
    • South Dakota
      • Clark County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Raymond [Clark County].
    • Texas
      • Clay County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Raymond [Clay County].
      • Leon 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 Texas community of Raymond [Leon County].
    • Virginia
      • Surry 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 Virginia community of Raymond [Surry County].
    • Washington
      • Pacific County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Raymond [Pacific County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Racine County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Raymond [Racine County].
    • Wyoming
      • 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 Wyoming community of Raymond [Lincoln County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Raymond ...

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

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

More Orphans in  Polk 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 Polk County.

AgrockMountain Lake
 Mullinsville
Bartow Junction 
BibtownNew Wales
BradleyNoralyn
 North Winter Haven
Carroll 
CartersOak Ridge
Christina 
Clear SpringsPark
ConshalPeddys Mill
CumbeePharr
 Phosphoria
DiamondPickett
DixielandPrairie
 Prine
East Auburndale 
East Winter HavenRiver Ranch Shores
EmmatonRiver Ranch
 Rockland Junction
FizhughRockland
  
GallSaddle Creek
GentilesSandland
GrenelefeSangully
Grove ParkSearstown
 Southeast
HancockSouthside
HaskellSwift
Homine 
Hooker's PrairieTedderville
 Tels
ImrocTencor
IndependentTenoroc
 Tolson
Joydon 
 Vertagreen
Lake Holloway 
Lake LockeWabash
Lake MaudeWest Auburndale
Lena VistaWest Frost Proof
 West Polk
MammothWest Winter Haven
MinecoWilmont
Moore 
Morris MineYoumans

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 Raymond 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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