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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1894 and closed  in 1908.

Communities Also Named Refuge ...

We found six communities that share the name Refuge.

There is one other community in Alabama which is also named Refuge.

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

  • Communities Located In Alabama ...
    • Talladega County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Refuge [Talladega County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Camden County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Refuge [Camden County].
    • Mississippi
      • Humphreys County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Refuge [Humphreys County].
      • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Refuge [Washington County].
    • Texas
      • Houston County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Refuge [Houston County].
    • Virginia
      • Frederick 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 Virginia community of Refuge [Frederick County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Refuge ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Jefferson 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 Jefferson County.

Alabama Rolling MillLynn Crossing
Alfretta 
AliceMabel
Altadena ValleyMaben
AmityMagella
Argo StationMaury
 McAddry
Baugh'sMcWilliams
BaylorMerkel
Beachwood ParkMexico
Belle SumterMiles
BellwoodMims
Ben Vines GapMorrowville
Bessie MinesMorton
BirminghamportMounds
BirmingportMount Pinson
BirwatMountain Woods
BivenMurray
Boyles 
BrakeNorrell Junction
Brock's 
Brunnet HeightsOak Ridge
Bryan StationOregon
Burstall 
 Palmer
Camp OliverPartridge
CatocinPasscut
ChesterPassing Track
Coal CreekPawnee
CohortPierce
Connellsville MinesPinson - Clay - Chalkville
ConnorsvillePinson Valley
CoreyPratt Crossing
Crestline 
Crockett JunctionQuinton
Cymbling Branch 
 Razburgh
DagoReaders
DahindaRed Gap Junction
DeBerniereRed Ore
DivideRedding
DixianaRegent Forest
DolcitoRockville
 Roosevelt City
EarnestRugby Highlands
ElliottRutledge Heights
Ensley FurnaceRutledge
Ensley Heights 
 Sargon
FairviewSayre Mines
Five Points WestScrap
 Shade's Creek
Garden HighlandsShaw
GardenvaleSherman
GarySlope Four
GeloweSouth Yard
GilreathSparks Gap
GraceStaryeacre Ford
GracesStephens
Granlin 
Green SpringsTennessee Farms
Green ValleyThomas Junction
GreeneToad Vine
Greene'sTruss
GreensTurpin
Gurley's Creek 
 Uptown
Hedona 
HenryellenVesthaven
HuffVinesville
Hughe's Siding 
HuronWaddell
 Watt's
Interburan HeightsWest Birmingham
Irondale JunctionWest Side
 Wheeler
JeffersonWheeling
JonesboroughWho'd A Thought It
 Wilgus
KawaneeWoodlawn Junction
 Woodward Red Ore
Leeds Mineral WellWymond
Lindbergh 
Linns CrossingYuma
Little Warrior 

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Refuge 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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