Do you know of Chipley ???

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

Our sources for Chipley (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 Chipley other than they indicate that Chipley would be found somewhere in Harris County, Georgia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1882 and closed  in 1958.

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 Chipley ...

We found three communities that share the name Chipley.

Within Georgia, the name Chipley is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Florida
    • Washington County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Chipley [Washington County].
  • Texas
    • Hockley County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Chipley [Hockley County].
    • Victoria County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Chipley [Victoria County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Chipley ...

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

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 Chipley - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

Map from 1883 (unknown title/publisher)

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 1999
(Available from Amazon.com)

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southern States
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2001
(Available from Amazon.com)

Shell Oil Road Map for Georgia (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

The FIPS database contains an entry for Chipley.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 13/16096   (Place Name: Chipley)

County: Harris     (FIPS State/County: 13/145)

Class: X3

More Orphans in  Harris County ...

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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 Harris County.