Do you know of Central ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Central. 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 Central.
We found mention of Central as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Multnomah County, Oregon.
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 1900 and closed in 1903.
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 Central ...
We found 55 communities that share the name Central.
There is one other community in Oregon which is also named Central.
Beyond Oregon, we know of another 54 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 54 communities, 54 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Oregon ...
- Linn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Central [Linn County].
- Linn County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Please visit our profile page for the Alaska community of Central.
- Arizona
- Graham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Central [Graham County].
- Arkansas
- Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Central [Clark County].
- Cross County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Central [Cross County].
- Hot Spring County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Central [Hot Spring County].
- Sebastian 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 Arkansas community of Central [Sebastian County].
- Sevier 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 Arkansas community of Central [Sevier County].
- California
- Yolo County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Central [Yolo County].
- Florida
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Kendall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Central [Kendall County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Anderson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Central [Anderson County].
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Central [East Baton Rouge Parish].
- Saint James Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Central [Saint James Parish].
- Terrebonne Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Central [Terrebonne Parish].
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Keweenaw County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Central [Keweenaw County].
- Minnesota
- Koochiching County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Central [Koochiching County].
- Mississippi
- George County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Central [George County].
- Missouri
- Jackson 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 Missouri community of Central [Jackson County].
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Central [Madison County].
- Saint Louis City
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Central [Saint Louis City].
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- Grant County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Central [Grant County].
- North Carolina
- Iredell County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Central [Iredell County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Central.
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny 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 Pennsylvania community of Central [Allegheny County].
- Columbia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Central [Columbia County].
- Washington 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 Pennsylvania community of Central [Washington County].
- Westmoreland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Central [Westmoreland County].
- South Carolina
- Pickens County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Central [Pickens County].
- Tennessee
- Carter County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Central [Carter County].
- Gibson 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 Tennessee community of Central [Gibson County].
- Lauderdale County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Central [Lauderdale County].
- Obion 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 Tennessee community of Central [Obion County].
- Texas
- Angelina County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Central [Angelina County].
- Cherokee 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 Texas community of Central [Cherokee County].
- Tarrant 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 Texas community of Central [Tarrant County].
- Utah
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Central [Washington County].
- Virginia
- Arlington 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 Central [Arlington County].
- Richmond City
- 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 Central [Richmond City].
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Doddridge 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 Central [Doddridge County].
- Fayette 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 West Virginia community of Central [Fayette County].
- Wood County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Central [Wood County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Central ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Central:
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 Central.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 41/12350 (Place Name: Central)
County: Multnomah (FIPS State/County: 41/051)
Class: U4
Identifies a populated place (ie- Central) 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 Multnomah 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 Multnomah 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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Central 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/ |