Do you know of Dora ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Dora. 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 Dora.

We found mention of Dora as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Loudon County, Tennessee.

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.

Communities Also Named Dora ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Dora.

Within Tennessee, the name Dora is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Walker County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Dora [Walker County].
- Arkansas
  - Crawford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Dora [Crawford County].
- Georgia
  - Fannin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Dora [Fannin County].
- Illinois
  - Douglas 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 Dora [Douglas County].
- Indiana
  - Wabash 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 Indiana community of Dora [Wabash County].
- Kansas
  - Labette 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 Dora [Labette County].
- Louisiana
  - Avoyelles Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Dora [Avoyelles Parish].
- Minnesota
  - Otter Tail 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 Minnesota community of Dora [Otter Tail County].
- Missouri
  - Ozark County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Dora [Ozark County].
- New Mexico
  - Roosevelt County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Dora [Roosevelt County].
- North Carolina
  - Lincoln County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Dora [Lincoln County].
- Oregon
  - Coos County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Dora [Coos County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Greene 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 Dora [Greene County].
  - Jefferson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Dora [Jefferson County].
- Texas
  - Nolan 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 Dora [Nolan County].
- West Virginia
  - Gilmer County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Dora [Gilmer County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Dora ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Dora:

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Dora.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 47/21140 (Place Name: Dora)

County: Loudon (FIPS State/County: 47/105)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Dora) 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 Loudon 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 Loudon County.

Acting
	Padget
Browder	Paint Rock
	Pine Top
Eve Mills	Piney

Jenkins	Reed Spring

Lenoir's	Stockton Valley
	Stockton
Muddy Creek	Sylvanus

Footnotes ...

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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 Dora 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.