Do you know of Alma ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Alma. 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 Alma.
Our sources for Alma (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 Alma other than they indicate that Alma would be found somewhere in Laurens County, South Carolina.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1891 and closed in 1907.
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 Alma ...
We found 41 communities that share the name Alma.
Within South Carolina, the name Alma is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another 41 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 41 communities, 36 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Clarke County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Alma [Clarke County].
- Arizona
- Pinal County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Alma [Pinal County].
- Arkansas
- Crawford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Alma [Crawford County].
- California
- Santa Clara 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 California community of Alma [Santa Clara County].
- Santa Cruz County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Alma [Santa Cruz County].
- Colorado
- Park County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Alma [Park County].
- Florida
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Alma [Jefferson County].
- Georgia
- Bacon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Alma [Bacon County].
- Decatur 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 Alma [Decatur County].
- Gilmer 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 Georgia community of Alma [Gilmer County].
- Illinois
- Marion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Alma [Marion County].
- Saint Clair 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 Illinois community of Alma [Saint Clair County].
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Pointe Coupee Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Alma [Pointe Coupee Parish].
- Michigan
- Gratiot County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Alma [Gratiot County].
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Lafayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Alma [Lafayette County].
- Montana
- Liberty County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Alma [Liberty County].
- Nebraska
- Harlan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Alma [Harlan County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Alma.
- New Mexico
- Catron County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Alma [Catron County].
- Socorro 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 New Mexico community of Alma [Socorro County].
- New York
- Allegany County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Alma [Allegany County].
- North Carolina
- Robeson County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Alma [Robeson County].
- North Dakota
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Alma.
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Stephens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Alma [Stephens County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Alma.
- Oregon
- Lane County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Alma [Lane County].
- Prince Edward Island
- Please visit our profile page for the Prince Edward Island community of Alma.
- Quebec
- Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Alma.
- Texas
- Clay 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 Alma [Clay County].
- Ellis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Alma [Ellis County].
- Hidalgo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Alma [Hidalgo County].
- Virginia
- Page County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Alma [Page County].
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Buffalo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Alma [Buffalo County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Alma ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Alma:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Alma - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Laurens 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 Laurens 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Alma 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/ |