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Do you know of Goring ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1902 and closed  in 1904.

Communities Also Named Goring ...

We found one communities that share the name Goring.

Within Alabama, the name Goring is unique.

Beyond Alabama, there is another community also named Goring in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Goring.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Goring ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

More Orphans in  Limestone 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 Limestone County.

Aster 
 McDonalds
Barker 
Belle Mina StationNorth Athens
Blowing Spring 
Burgreen CornersPacio
 Peerson
CarrigerPetey
CarterPettey
Centre HillProsper
Chrystine 
CupQuid Nunc
  
Elk HillRedus Mill
Elk River MillsRockaway
 Roosevelt
FertilisRowland
Fort Hampton 
 Smithsville
GilbertsboroSouth Ardmore
GilbertsboroughState Line
 Stewards Store
Hyde ParkStrange
  
IlavilleThatch
 Tickridge
Lax 
LeggWall Street
LolaWestmoreland
LucastownWhite Sulphur Springs
Lucky Hit 

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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