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Do you know of Lenora ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1878 and closed  in 1891.

Communities Also Named Lenora ...

We found five communities that share the name Lenora.

Within Alabama, the name Lenora is unique.

Beyond Alabama, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Coweta County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Lenora [Coweta County].
      • Gwinnett County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Lenora [Gwinnett County].
    • Kansas
      • Norton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lenora [Norton County].
    • Minnesota
      • Fillmore County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Lenora [Fillmore County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Dewey County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Lenora [Dewey County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lenora ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Lenora - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Choctaw 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 Choctaw County.

Barbour 
BaswellJackson
Bergamot 
BevillLowell
Bevill's Store 
BranchPuscuss
  
ChoctawRedemption
Cocoa 
CoppersawSamuel
 Service
Desotoville 
 Tullis
Emory CreekTuscahoma
Enoch 
 Williams Cross Roads
Fail 
 Yantley Creek
Ipco 

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>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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Lenora 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.
<3>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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