Do you know of Rising Sun ???

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

Our sources for Rising Sun (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 Rising Sun other than they indicate that Rising Sun would be found somewhere in Shackelford County, Texas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1884 and closed  in 1897.

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 Rising Sun ...

We found twelve communities that share the name Rising Sun.

Within Texas, the name Rising Sun is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Delaware
    • Kent County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Rising Sun [Kent County].
  • Illinois
    • Pope County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Rising Sun [Pope County].
    • White County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Rising Sun [White County].
  • Indiana
    • Ohio County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Rising Sun [Ohio County].
  • Iowa
    • Polk County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Rising Sun [Polk County].
  • Kansas
    • Jefferson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Rising Sun [Jefferson County].
  • Maryland
    • Carroll County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Rising Sun [Carroll County].
    • Cecil County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Rising Sun [Cecil County].
  • Mississippi
    • Leflore County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Rising Sun [Leflore County].
  • Montana
    • Glacier County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Rising Sun [Glacier County].
  • Pennsylvania
    • Lehigh County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Rising Sun [Lehigh County].
  • Wisconsin
    • Crawford County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Rising Sun [Crawford County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Rising Sun ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

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

More Orphans in  Shackelford 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 Shackelford County.