Do you know of Gainesboro ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Gainesboro. 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 Gainesboro.<1>

Our sources for Gainesboro (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Gainesboro other than they indicate that Gainesboro would be found somewhere in Orange County, Florida.

Communities Also Named Gainesboro ...

We found three communities that share the name Gainesboro.

Within Florida, the name Gainesboro is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Independence County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Gainesboro [Independence County].
- Tennessee
  - Jackson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Gainesboro [Jackson County].
- Virginia
  - Frederick County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Gainesboro [Frederick County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gainesboro ...

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

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Gainesboro - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 1999
(Available from Amazon.com)

More Orphans in Orange 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 Orange County.

Altamont	Londonderry
Altamonte Springs	Longwood Junction
	Longwood
Belair	Lords
Big Cypress
Bonnie Burn	Mackinnon
Buda	Markham
	Marydia
Camellia Gardens	Mayo
Chuluta	McKinnon
Clay Springs	Meadowbrook
Clifton	Merrimack
Clydes	Monroe
College Park	Mount Homer
Colonialtown
Coytown	New Upsula
Crystal Lake	North Crest
Cummings
Cypress Creek Village	Oakland Shores
	Onora
Dixie Village	Orange Blossom
Dover Shores	Oviedo

East Apopka	Palm Springs
Eastbrook	Pine Crest
Eastgate
Eight Oaks	Reedy Creek
	Rock Springs
Fitzville	Rocket City
Fleming Heights	Rosemont Hills
Forest City	Rutledge
Formosa
Fort Reed	Sanford
	Shingle Creek
Gabriela	Silver Lake
Gatlin	Soldier Creek
Geneva	Southwood
Glen Ethel	Speer Grove
Granada	Statens
Grasmere	Sylvan Lake

Herndon	Toronto
Hiwassee	Towers
Huckleberry	Triggersville
	Troy
Intersection	Tuskawilla
Island Lake	Twin Lakes
Isleworth
	Upsala
Jernigan
Jessamine	Ventura
	Villa Nova
Lake Brantly
Lake Charm	Washington Shores
Lake Howell	Wekiva
Lake Maitland	Wekiwa Springs
Lake Mary	Westwood
Lakemont Park	Wilcox
Lakeville	Woodbridge
Livingston

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 Gainesboro 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.