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Do you know of Ark ???

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

Our sources for Ark (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 Ark other than they indicate that Ark would be found somewhere in Bell County, Kentucky.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1898 and closed  in 1944.

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 Ark ...

We found six communities that share the name Ark.

Within Kentucky, the name Ark is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Winston 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 Alabama community of Ark [Winston County].
    • Georgia
      • DeKalb 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 Ark [DeKalb County].
    • Missouri
      • Dent County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Ark [Dent County].
    • Tennessee
      • Meigs 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 Tennessee community of Ark [Meigs County].
    • Utah
      • Salt Lake County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Ark [Salt Lake County].
    • Virginia
      • Gloucester County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Ark [Gloucester County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Ark ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Ark.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 21/01990   (Place Name: Ark)

County: Bell     (FIPS State/County: 21/013)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Ark) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Bell 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 Bell County.

Alamo 
AmruKnuckles
Appalachian 
ArborLittle Creek
 Lock
BinghamLog Mountain
Brownies CreekLogmont
  
CairnesMiddlesborough Junction
Carrigan 
Clear CreekNugym
Clear Fork 
ConantPage
CorunnaParamount
CrockettPass
CrosbyPaulsen
  
DadeRay
DunleyRed Bird
 Roost
ExcelsiorRuby
  
FeeSlusher's Mill
FelderSpencer
Four MileSurran
  
HamiltonTinsley
Harber 
HigniteViall
Hosman 
HulenWessell
 Whipple
IverdaleWint
Ivy 
 Yingling
Jayem 

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 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 Ark 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/









 

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