Do you know of Gilpin ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Gilpin. 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 Gilpin.

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1880 and closed  in 1905.

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 Gilpin ...

We found nine communities that share the name Gilpin.

Within Alabama, the name Gilpin is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • British Columbia
    • Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Gilpin.
  • Colorado
    • Bent County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Gilpin [Bent County].
    • Gilpin County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Gilpin [Gilpin County].
  • Kansas
    • Graham County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Gilpin [Graham County].
  • Kentucky
    • Casey County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Gilpin [Casey County].
  • Maryland
    • Allegany County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Gilpin [Allegany County].
  • Nevada
    • Storey County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Gilpin [Storey County].
  • Pennsylvania
    • Indiana County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Gilpin [Indiana County].
  • Texas
    • Dickens County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Gilpin [Dickens County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gilpin ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

More Orphans in  Fayette 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 Fayette County.