Do you know of Duke ???

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

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

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 Duke ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Duke.

Within North Carolina, the name Duke is unique.

Beyond North Carolina, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Calhoun County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Duke [Calhoun County].
- Georgia
  - Ware 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 Duke [Ware County].
- Louisiana
  - Saint John the Baptist Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Duke [Saint John the Baptist Parish].
- Michigan
  - Gogebic 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 Michigan community of Duke [Gogebic County].
- Mississippi
  - Hinds County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Duke [Hinds County].
- Missouri
  - Phelps County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Duke [Phelps County].
- Ohio
  - Pike County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Duke [Pike County].
- Oklahoma
  - Jackson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Duke [Jackson County].
- South Carolina
  - Abbeville County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Duke [Abbeville County].
- Tennessee
  - Union County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Duke [Union County].
- Texas
  - Fort Bend County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Duke [Fort Bend County].
- West Virginia
  - Monongalia 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 West Virginia community of Duke [Monongalia County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Duke ...

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

Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Duke.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 37/18180 (Place Name: Duke)

County: Durham (FIPS State/County: 37/063)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Duke) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in Durham 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 Durham County.

Footnotes ...

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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 Duke 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.