Do you know of Bledsoe ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1991 and closed  in 1898.

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 Bledsoe ...

We found six communities that share the name Bledsoe.

Within Alabama, the name Bledsoe is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Arizona
    • Cochise County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Bledsoe [Cochise County].
  • Arkansas
    • Lee County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Bledsoe [Lee County].
  • Kentucky
    • Harlan County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Bledsoe [Harlan County].
  • Tennessee
    • Lincoln County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bledsoe [Lincoln County].
    • Sumner County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Bledsoe [Sumner County].
  • Texas
    • Cochran County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Bledsoe [Cochran County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Bledsoe ...

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

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southern States
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2001
(Available from Amazon.com)

More Orphans in  Talladega 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 Talladega County.