Do you know of Arthur ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Arthur. 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 Arthur.<1>
Our sources for Arthur (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 Arthur other than they indicate that Arthur would be found somewhere in Lauderdale County, Alabama.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1886 and closed in 1907.
Communities Also Named Arthur ...
We found 30 communities that share the name Arthur.
Within Alabama, the name Arthur is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another 30 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 30 communities, 29 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Douglas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Arthur [Douglas County].
- Indiana
- Pike County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Arthur [Pike County].
- Iowa
- Ida County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Arthur [Ida County].
- Kansas
- Hodgeman County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Arthur [Hodgeman County].
- Ness 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 Arthur [Ness County].
- Kentucky
- Edmonson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Arthur [Edmonson County].
- Letcher County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Arthur [Letcher County].
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Vernon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Arthur [Vernon County].
- Montana
- Richland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Arthur [Richland County].
- Nebraska
- Arthur County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Arthur [Arthur County].
- Nevada
- Elko County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Arthur [Elko County].
- New York
- Oswego County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Arthur [Oswego County].
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Cass County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Arthur [Cass County].
- Ohio
- Paulding County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Arthur [Paulding County].
- Oklahoma
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Arthur.
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- Lexington County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Arthur [Lexington County].
- Tennessee
- Claiborne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Arthur [Claiborne County].
- Texas
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Arthur [Salt Lake County].
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Grant County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Arthur [Grant County].
- Wisconsin
- Grant County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Arthur [Grant County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Arthur ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Arthur:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Arthur - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Lauderdale 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 Lauderdale County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Arthur 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |