Do you know of Red River ???

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

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

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 Red River ...

We found eight communities that share the name Red River.

There are two communities within Texas that are also named Red River.

Beyond Texas, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these six communities, seven are located in the United States and three are in Canada.

Communities Located In Texas ...
- Grayson 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 Red River [Grayson County].
- Hardeman 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 Red River [Hardeman County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Kentucky
  - Logan 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 Kentucky community of Red River [Logan County].
- New Mexico
  - Taos County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Red River [Taos County].
- Nova Scotia
  - 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 Nova Scotia community of Red River.
- Ohio
  - Darke County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Red River [Darke County].
- South Carolina
  - York County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Red River [York County].
- Wisconsin
  - Shawano County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Red River [Shawano County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Red River ...

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Red River - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for Red River.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 48/61232 (Place Name: Red River)

County: Bowie (FIPS State/County: 48/037)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Red River) 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 Bowie 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 Bowie County.

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 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 Red River 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.