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Do you know of Hairston ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1890 and closed  in 1921.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Hairston ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Greene 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 Greene County.

BaltzellHopewell
Beulah 
BirdineMorning Sun
Burton's Hill 
 New Prospect
CentralaNewbern
Colvins Store 
 Springfield
Erie 
 Velma
Haysville 
HobbieWatsonia

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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