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Do you know of Chisholm ???

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

We found mention of Chisholm as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Pike County, Kentucky.

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.

Communities Also Named Chisholm ...

We found nine communities that share the name Chisholm.

Within Kentucky, the name Chisholm is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, seven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Montgomery County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Chisholm [Montgomery County].
    • Alberta
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Chisholm.
    • Iowa
      • Monroe 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 Iowa community of Chisholm [Monroe County].
    • Kansas
      • Sedgwick 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 Chisholm [Sedgwick County].
    • Maine
      • Franklin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Chisholm [Franklin County].
    • Minnesota
      • Saint Louis County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Chisholm [Saint Louis County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Chisholm.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Butler 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 Pennsylvania community of Chisholm [Butler County].
    • Texas
      • Rockwall County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Chisholm [Rockwall County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Chisholm ...

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Chisholm.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 21/14824   (Place Name: Chisholm)

County: Pike     (FIPS State/County: 21/195)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Chisholm) 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  Pike 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 Pike County.

AlkaJohnson Bottom
Allegheny MineJonican
  
BamaKilowatt
Bass 
Bent BranchLong Fork
BillLower Chloe Creek
Biscuit 
BlackberryManco
BranhanMayflower
 McVicker
Caney SidingMouth of Pond
Carmen 
CedarNewsome
Childers 
ChloeOreknob
CoonOrinoco
Couder 
CrawfordPatton
CriggerPeg
CurbPeyton Creek
 Piketon
DamronPinson
DemocracyPraise
Deskin 
Dix ForkRegina
 Richam
EdgartonRoad Creek Junction
 Rowe
Ferguson CreekRunyan
Ferrells Creek 
FlanaryShelby Gap
 Shelby
GabrielSlone's Branch
GoffSteele
Grange CityStratton
Grange Store 
GreenoughTackitt
 Tadella
Herman SidingThomas
Home 
HuntUpper Chloe Creek
 Upper Elk
Jarad 
JohnWhite Post
Johns Creek Junction 

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Chisholm 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.









 

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