Do you know of Sophia ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Sophia. 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 Sophia.
Our sources for Sophia (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Sophia other than they indicate that Sophia would be found somewhere in Edgefield County, South 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.
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 Sophia ...
We found five communities that share the name Sophia.
Within South Carolina, the name Sophia is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Bartow County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Sophia [Bartow County].
- North Carolina
- Randolph County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Sophia [Randolph County].
- Ohio
- Paulding County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Sophia [Paulding County].
- Oklahoma
- Beaver County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Sophia [Beaver County].
- West Virginia
- Raleigh County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Sophia [Raleigh County].
- Georgia
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Sophia ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Sophia:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Sophia - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Edgefield 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 Edgefield County.