Do you know of Pearl ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Pearl. 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 Pearl.
Our sources for Pearl (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 Pearl other than they indicate that Pearl would be found somewhere in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1887 and closed in 1907.
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 Pearl ...
We found 29 communities that share the name Pearl.
Within Alabama, the name Pearl is unique.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another 29 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 29 communities, 28 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Pearl [Jackson County].
- Larimer County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Pearl [Larimer County].
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Gem County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Pearl [Gem County].
- Illinois
- Pike County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Pearl [Pike County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Calcasieu Parish
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Pearl [Calcasieu Parish].
- Rapides Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Pearl [Rapides Parish].
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Allegan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Pearl [Allegan County].
- Mississippi
- Hinds County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Pearl [Hinds County].
- Rankin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Pearl [Rankin County].
- Simpson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Pearl [Simpson County].
- Missouri
- Greene County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Pearl [Greene County].
- Nebraska
- Chase County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Pearl [Chase County].
- New Mexico
- Lea County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Pearl [Lea County].
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Coshocton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Pearl [Coshocton County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Pearl.
- Pennsylvania
- Venango County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Pearl [Venango County].
- Texas
- Coryell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Pearl [Coryell County].
- Utah
- Vermont
- Grand Isle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Pearl [Grand Isle County].
- Washington
- Benton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Pearl [Benton County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Pearl ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Pearl:
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 Pearl - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Tuscaloosa County ...
Can you help?
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 Tuscaloosa County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Pearl 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |