Do you know of Carson ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Carson. 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 Carson.<1>
Our sources for Carson (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 Carson other than they indicate that Carson would be found somewhere in Jefferson County, Arkansas.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1868 and closed in 1879.
Communities Also Named Carson ...
We found 25 communities that share the name Carson.
There is one other community in Arkansas which is also named Carson.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another 24 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 24 communities, 23 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Arkansas ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Carson [Washington County].
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Carson.
- California
- Los Angeles County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Carson [Los Angeles County].
- Colorado
- Hinsdale County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Carson [Hinsdale County].
- Iowa
- Pottawattamie County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Carson [Pottawattamie County].
- Kansas
- Brown County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Carson [Brown County].
- Kentucky
- Carroll County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Carson [Carroll County].
- Louisiana
- Beauregard Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Carson [Beauregard Parish].
- Maine
- Aroostook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Carson [Aroostook County].
- Mississippi
- Jefferson Davis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Carson [Jefferson Davis County].
- Missouri
- Howell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Carson [Howell County].
- New Mexico
- Taos County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Carson [Taos County].
- New York
- North Dakota
- Grant County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Carson [Grant County].
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Hughes County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Carson [Hughes County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Carson.
- Oregon
- Baker County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Carson [Baker County].
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Fannin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Carson [Fannin County].
- Virginia
- Dinwiddie County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Carson [Dinwiddie County].
- Washington
- Skamania County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Carson [Skamania County].
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Carson ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Carson:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
William Bradley Map (1889)
Published by William M. Bradley and Brothers
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.
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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Carson 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/ |