Do you know of Tatum ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Tatum. 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 Tatum.

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1895 and closed  in 1903.

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 Tatum ...

We found seven communities that share the name Tatum.

Within Alabama, the name Tatum is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Florida
    • Sarasota County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Tatum [Sarasota County].
  • Georgia
    • Dade County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Tatum [Dade County].
  • Mississippi
    • Amite County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Tatum [Amite County].
  • New Mexico
    • Lea County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Tatum [Lea County].
  • South Carolina
    • Marlboro County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Tatum [Marlboro County].
  • Texas
    • Rusk County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Tatum [Rusk County].
  • Virginia
    • Orange County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Tatum [Orange County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Tatum ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

More Orphans in  Pike 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 Pike County.