Do you know of Dean ???

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

We found mention of Dean as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Dale County, Alabama.

Communities Also Named Dean ...

We found 30 communities that share the name Dean.

There is one other community in Alabama which is also named Dean.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another 29 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 29 communities, 29 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Clay County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Dean [Clay County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Carroll County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Dean [Carroll County].
- California
  - Monterey County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Dean [Monterey County].
- Illinois
  - McLean County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Dean [McLean County].
- Iowa
  - Appanoose County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Dean [Appanoose County].
- Kansas
  - Jefferson County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Dean [Jefferson County].
  - Reno County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Dean [Reno County].
- Louisiana
  - Union Parish
  - Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Dean [Union Parish].
- Michigan
  - Midland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Dean [Midland County].
- Minnesota
  - Rice County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Dean [Rice County].
- Missouri
  - Andrew County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Dean [Andrew County].
- Montana
  - Stillwater County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Dean [Stillwater County].
- Nevada
  - Lander County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Dean [Lander County].
- New York
  - Chautauqua County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Dean [Chautauqua County].
- North Carolina
  - Granville County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Dean [Granville County].
  - Macon County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Dean [Macon County].
- Nova Scotia
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Dean.
- Ohio
  - Lawrence County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Dean [Lawrence County].
  - Montgomery County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Dean [Montgomery County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Cambria County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Dean [Cambria County].
- South Dakota
  - Hand County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Dean [Hand County].
- Tennessee
  - Bedford County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Dean [Bedford County].
  - Scott County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Dean [Scott County].
- Texas
  - Clay County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Dean [Clay County].
  - Deaf Smith County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Dean [Deaf Smith County].
  - Hockley County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Dean [Hockley County].
  - Leon County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Dean [Leon County].
- Washington
  - Snohomish County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Dean [Snohomish County].
  - Spokane County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Dean [Spokane County].
- West Virginia
  - Wetzel County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Dean [Wetzel County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Dean ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in Dale 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 Dale County.

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>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Dean could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.