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Do you know of Barr's Store ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Barr's Store. 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 Barr's Store.<1>

Our sources for Barr's Store (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 Barr's Store other than they indicate that Barr's Store would be found somewhere in Macoupin County, Illinois.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Barr's Store ...

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

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

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

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Rand McNally Map of Illinois (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Rand McNally Map (1881)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Macoupin 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 Macoupin County.

Alton SidingLake Carlinville
 Locust Spring
BufordLoveless
  
ClydeMacoupin Station
CummingtonMiles
  
DelayPleasant Grove
  
GreasyScottsville
 Sheeps
HollidaySouth Standard
 Stirrup Grove
KarnesSunset Lake
  

Footnotes ...

<1>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.









 

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