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Do you know of Halifax ???

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

Our sources for Halifax (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 Halifax other than they indicate that Halifax would be found somewhere in Volusia County, Florida.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1887 and closed  in 1894.

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 Halifax ...

We found ten communities that share the name Halifax.

Within Florida, the name Halifax is unique.

Beyond Florida, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Camden County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Halifax [Camden County].
    • Kansas
      • Wabaunsee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Halifax [Wabaunsee County].
    • Kentucky
      • Allen County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Halifax [Allen County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Plymouth County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Halifax [Plymouth County].
    • Missouri
      • Saint Francois County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Halifax [Saint Francois County].
    • North Carolina
      • Halifax County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Halifax [Halifax County].
    • Nova Scotia
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Halifax.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Dauphin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Halifax [Dauphin County].
    • Vermont
      • Windham County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Halifax [Windham County].
    • Virginia
      • Halifax County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Halifax [Halifax County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Halifax ...

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

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 Halifax - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Volusia 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 Volusia County.

BakersburghLake Ashby
Blue Lake 
Blue SpringsMainland
Bond's Mill 
BriggsNorris Siding
  
CoronadoOrange City Junction
Cottage ColonyOrmond
  
De Land JunctionPeninsula
Dunlawton 
 Rivergate
Ellison Acres 
Enterprise JunctionSamsula - Spruce Creek
 Shiloh
Forrest HillsSouth Daytona West
FullertonSouth Peninsula
 Spring Garden
HammondStetson
Harbor Point 
HarwoodTomoka
Hawk's Park 
Hutton's MillWest Holly Hill
 West Ormond Beach
JafferyWestside
 Winnemissett

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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