Do you know of Duke's Switch ???This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Duke's Switch. 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 Duke's Switch.<1> Our sources for Duke's Switch (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 Duke's Switch other than they indicate that Duke's Switch would be found somewhere in Chilton County, Alabama. From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1891 and closed in 1895. Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Duke's Switch ...We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Duke's Switch: Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2> Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Duke's Switch - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office More Orphans in Chilton 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 Chilton County. Footnotes ...
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