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Do you know of Sanford ???

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

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

Communities Also Named Sanford ...

We found 26 communities that share the name Sanford.

There is one other community in Florida which is also named Sanford.

Beyond Florida, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 25 communities, 24 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Florida ...
    • Seminole County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Sanford [Seminole County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Covington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Sanford [Covington County].
    • California
      • Los Angeles 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 California community of Sanford [Los Angeles County].
    • Colorado
      • Conejos County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Sanford [Conejos County].
    • Connecticut
      • Fairfield 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 Connecticut community of Sanford [Fairfield County].
    • Georgia
      • Madison County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Sanford [Madison County].
      • Stewart County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Sanford [Stewart County].
    • Kansas
      • Pawnee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Sanford [Pawnee County].
      • Phillips County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Sanford [Phillips County].
      • Shawnee 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 Kansas community of Sanford [Shawnee County].
    • Maine
      • York County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Sanford [York County].
    • Manitoba
      • Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Sanford.
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Sanford [Montgomery County].
    • Michigan
      • Midland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Sanford [Midland County].
    • Mississippi
      • Covington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Sanford [Covington County].
    • New York
      • Allegany County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Sanford [Allegany County].
      • Broome County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Sanford [Broome County].
    • North Carolina
      • Lee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Sanford [Lee County].
      • Moore 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 North Carolina community of Sanford [Moore County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Warren County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Sanford [Warren County].
    • Quebec
      • Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Sanford.
    • South Carolina
      • Horry 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 South Carolina community of Sanford [Horry County].
    • Tennessee
      • McMinn County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Sanford [McMinn County].
    • Texas
      • Hutchinson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Sanford [Hutchinson County].
    • Virginia
      • Accomack County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Sanford [Accomack County].
    • West Virginia
      • Marion County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Sanford [Marion County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Sanford ...

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

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

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

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.

AltamontLivingston
Altamonte SpringsLondonderry
 Longwood Junction
BelairLongwood
Big CypressLords
Bonnie Burn 
BudaMackinnon
 Markham
Camellia GardensMarydia
ChulutaMayo
Clay SpringsMcKinnon
CliftonMeadowbrook
ClydesMerrimack
College ParkMonroe
ColonialtownMount Homer
Coytown 
Crystal LakeNew Upsula
CummingsNorth Crest
Cypress Creek Village 
 Oakland Shores
Dixie VillageOnora
Dover ShoresOrange Blossom
 Oviedo
East Apopka 
EastbrookPalm Springs
EastgatePine Crest
Eight Oaks 
 Reedy Creek
FitzvilleRock Springs
Fleming HeightsRocket City
Forest CityRosemont Hills
FormosaRutledge
Fort Reed 
 Shingle Creek
GabrielaSilver Lake
GainesboroSoldier Creek
GatlinSouthwood
GenevaSpeer Grove
Glen EthelStatens
GranadaSylvan Lake
Grasmere 
 Toronto
HerndonTowers
HiwasseeTriggersville
HuckleberryTroy
 Tuskawilla
IntersectionTwin Lakes
Island Lake 
IsleworthUpsala
  
JerniganVentura
JessamineVilla Nova
  
Lake BrantlyWashington Shores
Lake CharmWekiva
Lake HowellWekiwa Springs
Lake MaitlandWestwood
Lake MaryWilcox
Lakemont ParkWoodbridge
Lakeville 

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 Sanford 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.









 

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