Do you know of Burrough ???

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

Our sources for Burrough (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 Burrough other than they indicate that Burrough would be found somewhere in Fresno County, California.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1889 and closed  in 1917.

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 Burrough ...

We found one communities that share the name Burrough.

Within California, the name Burrough is unique.

Beyond California, there is another community also named Burrough in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Nebraska
    • Sheridan County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Burrough [Sheridan County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Burrough ...

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

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

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Burrough - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for Burrough.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 06/09206   (Place Name: Burrough)

County: Fresno     (FIPS State/County: 06/019)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Burrough) 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  Fresno 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 Fresno County.