Do you know of Pottsburg ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1898 and closed  in 1961.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Pottsburg ...

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Pottsburg.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 12/58825   (Place Name: Pottsburg)

County: Duval     (FIPS State/County: 12/031)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Pottsburg) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

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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 Duval County.