Do you know of Fail ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1880 and closed  in 1915.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Fail ...

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

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 Fail - 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)

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

More Orphans in  Choctaw 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 Choctaw County.