Do you know of Pontus ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Pontus. 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 Pontus.<1>
Our sources for Pontus (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Pontus other than they indicate that Pontus would be found somewhere in Butler County, Alabama.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Pontus ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Pontus:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Pontus - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Butler 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 Butler County.
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. |