Do you know of Burns ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Burns. 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 Burns.
Our sources for Burns (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 Burns other than they indicate that Burns would be found somewhere in Cooke County, Texas.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1884 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 Burns ...
We found 27 communities that share the name Burns.
There are three communities within Texas that are also named Burns.
Beyond Texas, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 24 communities, 26 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Texas ...
- Bowie County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Burns [Bowie County].
- DeWitt County
- Rusk County
- Bowie County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Calhoun County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Burns [Calhoun County].
- Arizona
- Pinal County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Burns [Pinal County].
- Colorado
- Eagle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Burns [Eagle County].
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Boundary County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Burns [Boundary County].
- Illinois
- McLean County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Burns [McLean County].
- Indiana
- Elkhart 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 Burns [Elkhart County].
- Martin 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 Indiana community of Burns [Martin County].
- Kansas
- Louisiana
- Saint Mary Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Burns [Saint Mary Parish].
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Polk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Burns [Polk County].
- Montana
- Richland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Burns [Richland County].
- New York
- Allegany County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Burns [Allegany County].
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- Oregon
- Harney County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Burns [Harney County].
- Tennessee
- Dickson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Burns [Dickson County].
- Wisconsin
- La Crosse County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Burns [La Crosse County].
- Wyoming
- Laramie County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Burns [Laramie County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Burns ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Burns:
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 Burns - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Texas (1897)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Burns.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 48/11488 (Place Name: Burns)
County: Cooke (FIPS State/County: 48/097)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Burns) 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 Cooke 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 Cooke County.
| Barlow | Mossville |
| Early | Reed |
| Fair Plains | Tylers Bluff |
| Lazarus | Vilott |
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 Burns 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/ |