Do you know of Poplar Ridge ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Poplar Ridge. 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 Poplar Ridge.<1>
Our sources for Poplar Ridge (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 Poplar Ridge other than they indicate that Poplar Ridge would be found somewhere in Madison County, Alabama.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1874 and closed in 1908.
Communities Also Named Poplar Ridge ...
We found thirteen communities that share the name Poplar Ridge.
There is one other community in Alabama which is also named Poplar Ridge.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these twelve communities, eleven are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Marshall County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Poplar Ridge [Marshall County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alberta
- Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Poplar Ridge.
- Arkansas
- Craighead County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Poplar Ridge [Craighead County].
- Illinois
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Poplar Ridge [Jackson County].
- Will County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Poplar Ridge [Will County].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Poplar Ridge.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Poplar Ridge [Anne Arundel County].
- New York
- Cayuga County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Poplar Ridge [Cayuga County].
- North Carolina
- Orange County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Poplar Ridge [Orange County].
- Ohio
- Darke County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Poplar Ridge [Darke County].
- Tennessee
- Dyer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Poplar Ridge [Dyer County].
- Virginia
- Chesapeake City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Poplar Ridge [Chesapeake City].
- Frederick County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Poplar Ridge [Frederick County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Poplar Ridge ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Poplar Ridge:
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 Poplar Ridge - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Alabama (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Madison 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 Madison 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. |
<2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |