Do you know of McDavid ???

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

We found mention of McDavid as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Carter County, Kentucky.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1905 and closed  in 1912.

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 McDavid ...

We found one communities that share the name McDavid.

Within Kentucky, the name McDavid is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, there is another community also named McDavid in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Florida
    • Escambia County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of McDavid [Escambia County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for McDavid ...

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for McDavid.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 21/48936   (Place Name: McDavid)

County: Carter     (FIPS State/County: 21/043)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, McDavid) 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  Carter 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 Carter County.