Do you know of Mars Hill ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Mars Hill. 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 Mars Hill.<1>
Our sources for Mars Hill (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 Mars Hill other than they indicate that Mars Hill would be found somewhere in Lafayette County, Arkansas.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1872 and closed in 1895.
Communities Also Named Mars Hill ...
We found fourteen communities that share the name Mars Hill.
There is one other community in Arkansas which is also named Mars Hill.
Beyond Arkansas, we know of another thirteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In Arkansas ...
- Pope County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Mars Hill [Pope County].
- Pope County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Chilton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Mars Hill [Chilton County].
- Cleburne County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Mars Hill [Cleburne County].
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Mars Hill [Jefferson County].
- Lauderdale County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Mars Hill [Lauderdale County].
- Georgia
- Cobb County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Mars Hill [Cobb County].
- Indiana
- Louisiana
- Winn Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Mars Hill [Winn Parish].
- Maine
- Aroostook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Mars Hill [Aroostook County].
- Mississippi
- North Carolina
- Madison County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Mars Hill [Madison County].
- Tennessee
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Mars Hill ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Mars Hill:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Mars Hill - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
William Bradley Map (1889)
Published by William M. Bradley and Brothers
The FIPS database contains an entry for Mars Hill.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 05/44330 (Place Name: Mars Hill)
County: Lafayette (FIPS State/County: 05/073)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Mars Hill) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Lafayette 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 Lafayette County.
| Arkana | Lewisville Station |
| Lochinvar | |
| Boyd | |
| New Lewisville | |
| Deaslee | North Lewisville |
| Frostville | Randolph |
| Herbert | Shreveport Junction |
| Hurricane Hill | Spirit Lake |
| Jones Mill | Walkers Creek |
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 Mars Hill 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/ |