Do you know of Kelsey ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1890 and closed  in 1906.

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 Kelsey ...

We found ten communities that share the name Kelsey.

Within Kentucky, the name Kelsey is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alberta
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Kelsey.
  • California
    • El Dorado County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Kelsey [El Dorado County].
  • Illinois
    • Mason County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Kelsey [Mason County].
  • Louisiana
    • Pointe Coupee Parish
    • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Kelsey [Pointe Coupee Parish].
  • Manitoba
    • Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Kelsey.
  • Minnesota
    • Saint Louis County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Kelsey [Saint Louis County].
  • New York
    • Delaware County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Kelsey [Delaware County].
  • North Carolina
    • Watauga County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Kelsey [Watauga County].
  • Ohio
    • Belmont County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Kelsey [Belmont County].
  • Texas
    • Upshur County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Kelsey [Upshur County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Kelsey ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Caldwell 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 Caldwell County.