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Do you know of Betts ???

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

Our sources for Betts (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 Betts other than they indicate that Betts would be found somewhere in Conecuh County, Alabama.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1885 and closed  in 1911.

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 Betts ...

We found three communities that share the name Betts.

Within Alabama, the name Betts is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Florida
      • Bay County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Betts [Bay County].
    • Georgia
      • Meriwether County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Betts [Meriwether County].
    • South Dakota
      • Davison County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Betts [Davison County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Betts ...

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

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 Betts - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Conecuh 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 Conecuh County.

Abbott 
AshleyLee
  
BonnetteManti
 McNeill
CreteMobile
 Mudge's
Deer Range 
 Olivia
EffieOpal
 Osierfield
Galatia 
GemPeachbloom
Gravella 
GregvilleSepulga
 Sowell's Mill
HilarytonStallings
  
Jackson StoreVolina
Jamestown 

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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