Do you know of Center ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Center. 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 Center.
We found mention of Center as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Monroe County, Tennessee.
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 1894 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 Center ...
We found 57 communities that share the name Center.
There are three communities within Tennessee that are also named Center.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of another 54 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Crockett County
- Henry County
- Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Center [Lawrence County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Winston County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Center [Winston County].
- Arkansas
- Sharp County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Center [Sharp County].
- Colorado
- Saguache County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Center [Saguache County].
- Georgia
- Bartow County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Center [Bartow 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 Center [Decatur County].
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Center [Jackson County].
- Toombs County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Center [Toombs County].
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Chautauqua 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 Center [Chautauqua County].
- Cherokee 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 Kansas community of Center [Cherokee County].
- Crawford 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 Kansas community of Center [Crawford County].
- Leavenworth 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 Kansas community of Center [Leavenworth County].
- Pratt 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 Kansas community of Center [Pratt County].
- Stafford 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 Kansas community of Center [Stafford County].
- Woodson 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 Kansas community of Center [Woodson County].
- Kentucky
- Metcalfe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Center [Metcalfe County].
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Middlesex 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 Massachusetts community of Center [Middlesex County].
- Plymouth 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 Massachusetts community of Center [Plymouth County].
- Mississippi
- Attala County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Center [Attala County].
- Hancock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Center [Hancock County].
- Neshoba 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 Mississippi community of Center [Neshoba County].
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Center [Union County].
- Webster County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Center [Webster County].
- Missouri
- Ralls County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Center [Ralls County].
- Nebraska
- Knox County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Center [Knox County].
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- Roosevelt County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Center [Roosevelt County].
- New York
- North Carolina
- Davie County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Center [Davie County].
- Guilford 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 North Carolina community of Center [Guilford County].
- Yadkin County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Center [Yadkin County].
- North Dakota
- Oliver County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Center [Oliver County].
- Ohio
- Guernsey County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Center [Guernsey County].
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Center [Jefferson County].
- Lawrence 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 Ohio community of Center [Lawrence County].
- Montgomery 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 Ohio community of Center [Montgomery County].
- Noble County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Center [Noble County].
- Seneca County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Center [Seneca County].
- Oklahoma
- Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma community of Center [Oklahoma County].
- Pontotoc County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Center [Pontotoc County].
- Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Center [Allegheny County].
- Juniata 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 Center [Juniata County].
- Perry 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 Center [Perry County].
- South Dakota
- Texas
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Center ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Center:
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 Center.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 47/12180 (Place Name: Center)
County: Monroe (FIPS State/County: 47/123)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Center) 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 Monroe 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 Monroe County.
| Bayles | |
| Briants | Notchy |
| Chestua | Povo |
| Pumpkin Center | |
| Glenloch | |
| Scivally | |
| Huling | |
| Tarriffville | |
| Joe | Toco |
| Tomotley | |
| Kelso's | |
| White Cliff Springs | |
| Lyons | Wilson Station |
| Wilson's | |
| Midway |
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 Center 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/ |