Do you know of Thurman (aka 'Truman') ???

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

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Thurman, so we are uncertain whether Thurman 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 Thurman would be found somewhere in Montgomery 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 Thurman ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Thurman.

There is one other community in Kansas which is also named Thurman.

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

Communities Located In Kansas ...
- Chase 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 Kansas community of Thurman [Chase County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Clay 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 Thurman [Clay County].
  - Prairie County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Thurman [Prairie County].
- Colorado
  - Arapahoe 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 Thurman [Arapahoe County].
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Thurman [Washington County].
- Georgia
  - Meriwether 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 Georgia community of Thurman [Meriwether County].
- Indiana
  - Allen County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Thurman [Allen County].
- Iowa
  - Fremont County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Thurman [Fremont County].
- Missouri
  - Sainte Genevieve County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Thurman [Sainte Genevieve County].
- Nebraska
  - Rock County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Thurman [Rock County].
- New York
  - Warren County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Thurman [Warren County].
- North Carolina
  - Craven County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Thurman [Craven County].
- Ohio
  - Gallia County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Thurman [Gallia County].
- Tennessee
  - Decatur County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Thurman [Decatur County].
- Texas
  - Shelby 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 Thurman [Shelby County].
- Wisconsin
  - Columbia 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 Thurman [Columbia County].

More Orphans in Montgomery 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 Montgomery 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 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 Thurman 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.