Do you know of Cameron ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Cameron. 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 Cameron.
We found mention of Cameron as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Quay County, New Mexico.
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 1939 and closed in 1965.
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 Cameron ...
We found 39 communities that share the name Cameron.
Within New Mexico, the name Cameron is unique.
Beyond New Mexico, we know of another 39 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 39 communities, 38 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Walker County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Cameron [Walker County].
- Arizona
- Coconino County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Cameron [Coconino County].
- California
- Colorado
- Elbert 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 Colorado community of Cameron [Elbert County].
- Teller County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Cameron [Teller County].
- Georgia
- Screven County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Cameron [Screven County].
- Idaho
- Nez Perce County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Cameron [Nez Perce County].
- Illinois
- Warren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Cameron [Warren County].
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Cowley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Cameron [Cowley County].
- Pratt 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 Cameron [Pratt County].
- Stafford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Cameron [Stafford County].
- Louisiana
- Cameron Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Cameron [Cameron Parish].
- Michigan
- Antrim 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 Cameron [Antrim County].
- Otsego County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Cameron [Otsego County].
- Mississippi
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Cameron [Madison County].
- Missouri
- Clinton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Cameron [Clinton County].
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Hall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Cameron [Hall County].
- New York
- Steuben County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Cameron [Steuben County].
- North Carolina
- Moore County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Cameron [Moore County].
- Ohio
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Cameron [Monroe County].
- Oklahoma
- Le Flore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Cameron [Le Flore County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Cameron.
- Oregon
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Cameron [Jackson County].
- Pennsylvania
- Cameron County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cameron [Cameron County].
- Northumberland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cameron [Northumberland County].
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cameron [Union County].
- South Carolina
- Calhoun County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Cameron [Calhoun County].
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Milam County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Cameron [Milam County].
- Virginia
- Alexandria City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Cameron [Alexandria City].
- Fairfax 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 Virginia community of Cameron [Fairfax County].
- Scott County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Cameron [Scott County].
- West Virginia
- Marshall County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Cameron [Marshall County].
- Wisconsin
- Barron County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Cameron [Barron County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Cameron ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Cameron:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
The FIPS database contains an entry for Cameron.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 35/10260 (Place Name: Cameron (Wheatland))
County: Quay (FIPS State/County: 35/037)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Cameron) 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 Quay 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 Quay County.
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 Cameron 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |