Do you know of Rhea ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1891 and closed  in 1904.

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 Rhea ...

We found five communities that share the name Rhea.

There is one other community in Kentucky which is also named Rhea.

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

• Communities Located In Kentucky ...
  • Harlan County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Rhea [Harlan County].

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Etowah County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Rhea [Etowah County].
  • Arkansas
    • Washington County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Rhea [Washington County].
  • Oklahoma
    • Dewey County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Rhea [Dewey County].
  • Texas
    • Parmer County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Rhea [Parmer County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Rhea ...

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

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 Rhea - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

More Orphans in  Calloway 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 Calloway County.