Do you know of Bruce ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Bruce. 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 Bruce.
We found mention of Bruce as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Wheeler County, Georgia.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1888 and closed in 1904.
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 Bruce ...
We found 34 communities that share the name Bruce.
There is one other community in Georgia which is also named Bruce.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another 33 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 33 communities, 32 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Bruce.
- Arkansas
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Bruce [Jefferson County].
- Colorado
- Weld County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Bruce [Weld County].
- Florida
- Walton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Bruce [Walton County].
- Illinois
- Moultrie County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Bruce [Moultrie County].
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Marquette 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 Bruce [Marquette County].
- Saint Clair County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Bruce [Saint Clair County].
- Tuscola County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Bruce [Tuscola County].
- Minnesota
- Rock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Bruce [Rock County].
- Mississippi
- Calhoun County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Bruce [Calhoun County].
- Montana
- Garfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Bruce [Garfield County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Bruce.
- North Carolina
- Cumberland 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 Bruce [Cumberland County].
- Pitt County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Bruce [Pitt County].
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- York County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Bruce [York County].
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Brookings County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Bruce [Brookings County].
- Texas
- Virginia
- Chesapeake City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Bruce [Chesapeake City].
- Norfolk City
- 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 Bruce [Norfolk City].
- Rockingham County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Bruce [Rockingham County].
- Washington
- Adams County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Bruce [Adams County].
- West Virginia
- Nicholas County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Bruce [Nicholas County].
- Wisconsin
- Chippewa 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 Wisconsin community of Bruce [Chippewa County].
- Rusk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Bruce [Rusk County].
- Alberta
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bruce ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Bruce:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia Between 1847-1962
Written by: Hemperly, Marion R.
Published by the Southern Historical Press, 1980
(Available from Amazon.com)
More Orphans in Wheeler 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 Wheeler County.
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Bruce 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/ |