Do you know of Narrows ???

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

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Narrows, so we are uncertain whether Narrows is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Narrows would be found somewhere in Osage County, Kansas.

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 Narrows ...

We found eighteen communities that share the name Narrows.

Within Kansas, the name Narrows is unique.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eighteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Jackson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Narrows [Jackson County].
- Arkansas
  - Carroll 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 Arkansas community of Narrows [Carroll County].
- Colorado
  - Morgan 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 Colorado community of Narrows [Morgan County].
- Delaware
  - Sussex County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Narrows [Sussex County].
- Florida
  - Brevard 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 Florida community of Narrows [Brevard County].
- Indiana
  - Sullivan 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 Narrows [Sullivan County].
- Kentucky
  - Ohio County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Narrows [Ohio County].
- Manitoba
  - Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Narrows.
- Maryland
  - Queen Anne's County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Narrows [Queen Anne's County].
- Nevada
  - Clark County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Narrows [Clark County].
- New York
  - Cattaraugus County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Narrows [Cattaraugus County].
- North Carolina
  - Pender 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 Narrows [Pender County].
- Nova Scotia
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Narrows.
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Narrows.
- Oregon
  - Harney County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Narrows [Harney County].
  - Linn County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Narrows [Linn County].
- Virginia
  - Giles County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Narrows [Giles County].
  - Roanoke County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Narrows [Roanoke County].

More Orphans in Osage 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 Osage County.

Footnotes ...

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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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Narrows 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.