Do you know of Austin ???

When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer - that's the case with Austin.

This entry has been created as a placeholder - we hope to develop more information in the future.

This entry could be in error. It might be that our source had a mis-print, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. We hope to learn more about Austin in the future.

We found mention of Austin as a post office, but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Pickens County, Alabama.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Austin, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Communities Also Named Austin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 42 communities that are also named Austin - they are located in Arkansas (3), California, Colorado (2), Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Manitoba, Michigan (4), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New York (2), North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Quebec, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas, Utah, Washington (2) and Wisconsin.

Adding Austin to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Austin in the FIPS-55 file.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Austin was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Austin ...

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

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Austin.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 01/03172   (Place Name: Austin)

County: Pickens     (FIPS State/County: 01/107)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Austin) 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).