Do you know of Putnam ???

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

We found mention of Putnam as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Putnam County, Florida.

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.

Communities Also Named Putnam ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Putnam.

Within Florida, the name Putnam is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Marengo County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Putnam [Marengo County].
- Connecticut
  - Windham County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Putnam [Windham County].
- Georgia
  - Marion County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Putnam [Marion County].
- Illinois
  - Putnam County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Putnam [Putnam County].
- Kansas
  - Barton County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Putnam [Barton County].
  - Harvey County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Putnam [Harvey County].
- Maryland
  - Harford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Putnam [Harford County].
- Nebraska
  - Gage County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Putnam [Gage County].
- New York
  - Washington County
  - Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Putnam [Washington County].
- North Carolina
  - Moore County
  - Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Putnam [Moore County].
- Ohio
  - Muskingum County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Putnam [Muskingum County].
- Oklahoma
  - Dewey County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Putnam [Dewey County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Putnam.
- Oregon
  - Polk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Putnam [Polk County].
- Texas
  - Callahan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Putnam [Callahan County].
- Virginia
  - Russell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Putnam [Russell County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Putnam ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in Putnam 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 Putnam County.

Footnotes ...

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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 Putnam 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.