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Do you know of Golightly ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1887 and closed  in 1899.

Communities Also Named Golightly ...

We found one communities that share the name Golightly.

Within Alabama, the name Golightly is unique.

Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Golightly in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • South Carolina
      • Spartanburg County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Golightly [Spartanburg County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Golightly ...

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

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 Golightly - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Madison 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 Madison County.

Arbor AcresLily Flag
 Limestone
BanyanLinde
BlackwellLoweville
Bloomfield 
BroylesMadison Heights
Bucks MillMadison Station
Buggs ChapelManley Crossroads
 Merigold
CarmichaelMerrimack
Cave SpringMolder
CoaltonMonte Sano
CrestwoodMullins
Crocker 
 Nolandale
Dan 
 Poplar Ridge
Fearn'sPoplarridge
ForkPulaski Pike
  
GilesQuicks Mill
Green Grove 
GurleysvilleRedfield
 Redstone Arsenal
HayslandRep
HoneaRocket
  
KoraSaint Helena
  
LawhonTaylorsville
Liberty MillsTootoo

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>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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