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Do you know of Craige ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Craige. 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 Craige.<1>

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1886 and closed  in 1895.

Communities Also Named Craige ...

We found one communities that share the name Craige.

Within Alabama, the name Craige is unique.

Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Craige in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Washington
      • Asotin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Craige [Asotin County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Craige ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

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

More Orphans in  Blount 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 Blount County.

Balm 
BrightstarLauna
 Lime Siding
Cabot 
Center SpringsMaumont
ConcordMaynor
CountryMount Alvis
 Murphree Valley
Deavers TownMurphrees Valley
Deavertown 
DoverQuarry Siding
Dubois 
 Rockland
Garrison Point 
Greens ChapelSnead Crossroads
 Sulphur Springs
Hanby's Mills 
HancevilleTidmore
HancockTidwell
Harkness 
HendrickUnionville
Hendricks 
HuntVillage Springs
  
Indland JunctionWalnut Grove
InlandWillow
IsomWooten

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>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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