Do you know of Graham ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Graham. 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 Graham.
Our sources for Graham (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 Graham other than they indicate that Graham would be found somewhere in Independence County, Arkansas.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1852 and closed in 1909.
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 Graham ...
We found 38 communities that share the name Graham.
Within Arkansas, the name Graham is unique.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another 38 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 38 communities, 35 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Randolph County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Graham [Randolph County].
- Arizona
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Graham.
- California
- Los Angeles County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Graham [Los Angeles County].
- Sacramento County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Graham [Sacramento County].
- Siskiyou County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Graham [Siskiyou County].
- Florida
- Bradford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Graham [Bradford County].
- Georgia
- Appling County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Graham [Appling County].
- Idaho
- Boise County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Graham [Boise County].
- Indiana
- Davies's County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Graham [Davies's County].
- Fountain County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Graham [Fountain County].
- Jefferson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Graham [Jefferson County].
- Iowa
- Johnson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Graham [Johnson County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Muhlenberg County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Graham [Muhlenberg County].
- Louisiana
- Rapides Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Graham [Rapides Parish].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Graham.
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nodaway County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Graham [Nodaway County].
- Saint Louis County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Graham [Saint Louis County].
- New York
- Westchester County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Graham [Westchester County].
- North Carolina
- Alamance County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Graham [Alamance County].
- Ohio
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Graham [Monroe County].
- Oklahoma
- Carter County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Graham [Carter County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Graham.
- Oregon
- Multnomah County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Graham [Multnomah County].
- Pennsylvania
- Clearfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Graham [Clearfield County].
- Tennessee
- Hickman County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Graham [Hickman County].
- Texas
- Cameron County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Graham [Cameron County].
- Garza County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Graham [Garza County].
- Jasper County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Graham [Jasper County].
- Young County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Graham [Young County].
- Virginia
- Washington
- Pierce County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Graham [Pierce County].
- West Virginia
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Graham ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Graham:
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 Graham - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
William Bradley Map (1889)
Published by William M. Bradley and Brothers
More Orphans in Independence 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 Independence County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Graham 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |