Do you know of Barr's Mill ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Barr's Mill. 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 Barr's Mill.
Our sources for Barr's Mill (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Barr's Mill other than they indicate that Barr's Mill would be found somewhere in Pike County, Alabama.
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 Barr's Mill ...
We found one communities that share the name Barr's Mill.
Within Alabama, the name Barr's Mill is unique.
Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Barr's Mill in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Mississippi
- Clay County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Barr's Mill [Clay County].
- Mississippi
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Barr's Mill ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Barr's Mill:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Barr's Mill - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Pike 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 Pike County.