Do you know of Fox ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Fox. 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 Fox.
Our sources for Fox (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 Fox other than they indicate that Fox would be found somewhere in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1889 and closed in 1911.
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 Fox ...
We found 33 communities that share the name Fox.
Within Alabama, the name Fox is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another 33 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
- Please visit our profile page for the Alaska community of Fox.
- Arizona
- Greenlee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Fox [Greenlee County].
- Arkansas
- Stone County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Fox [Stone County].
- Colorado
- Illinois
- Kendall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Fox [Kendall County].
- Indiana
- Grant County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Fox [Grant County].
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Barber County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Fox [Barber County].
- Harper 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 Fox [Harper County].
- Hodgeman 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 Fox [Hodgeman County].
- Kingman 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 Fox [Kingman County].
- Kentucky
- Estill County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Fox [Estill County].
- Michigan
- Houghton County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Fox [Houghton County].
- Kalamazoo 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 Michigan community of Fox [Kalamazoo County].
- Kent 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 Michigan community of Fox [Kent County].
- Menominee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Fox [Menominee County].
- Minnesota
- Roseau County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Fox [Roseau County].
- Mississippi
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Fox [Montgomery County].
- Missouri
- Montana
- Beaverhead County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Fox [Beaverhead County].
- Carbon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Fox [Carbon County].
- New York
- Cattaraugus County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Fox [Cattaraugus County].
- Ohio
- Pickaway County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Fox [Pickaway County].
- Oklahoma
- Carter County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Fox [Carter County].
- Oregon
- Grant County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Fox [Grant County].
- Tennessee
- Sevier County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Fox [Sevier County].
- Texas
- Dallas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Fox [Dallas County].
- Gonzales 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 Texas community of Fox [Gonzales County].
- Harrison 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 Texas community of Fox [Harrison County].
- Parker County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Fox [Parker County].
- Utah
- Millard County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Fox [Millard County].
- Salt Lake 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 Utah community of Fox [Salt Lake County].
- Virginia
- Grayson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Fox [Grayson County].
- Alaska
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Fox ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Fox:
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 Fox - 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)
The FIPS database contains an entry for Fox.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 01/27904 (Place Name: Fox)
County: Tuscaloosa (FIPS State/County: 01/125)
Class: U6
Identifies a populated place (ie- Fox) that is wholly or substantially located outside the boundaries of any incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) that has an authoritative common name recognized by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Tuscaloosa 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 Tuscaloosa County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Fox 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |