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Do you know of Shorter's Depot ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Shorter's Depot. 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 Shorter's Depot.<1>

Our sources for Shorter's Depot (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 Shorter's Depot other than they indicate that Shorter's Depot would be found somewhere in Macon County, Alabama.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Shorter's Depot ...

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

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Shorter's Depot - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

More Orphans in  Macon 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 Macon County.

BainbridgeGabbett
Baldwin FarmsGreenwood
Borom 
 Kinhaw
Carver Court 
Cliett'sLockland
Clitts 
Clough's StoreNew Potosi
Clough's 
Cowles StationPole Cat Springs
Cubehatchee 
 Ridgely
Dawkins 
Dick's CreekSharps Spur
 Swamp
Edwards 
 Valverdi
Fort Decatur 
 Zebade

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.









 

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