Do you know of Tompkins ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Tompkins. 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 Tompkins.<1>
We found mention of Tompkins as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Bay County, Florida.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1898 and closed in 1907.
Communities Also Named Tompkins ...
We found seven communities that share the name Tompkins.
Within Florida, the name Tompkins is unique.
Beyond Florida, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, five are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
- Camden County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Tompkins [Camden County].
- Michigan
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Tompkins [Jackson County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Tompkins.
- Pennsylvania
- Tioga County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Tompkins [Tioga County].
- Saskatchewan
- Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Tompkins.
- South Carolina
- Horry County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Tompkins [Horry County].
- Washington
- Walla Walla County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Tompkins [Walla Walla County].
- Georgia
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Tompkins ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Tompkins:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
More Orphans in Bay 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 Bay County.
| Bear Creek | |
| Betty Lou Beach | North Side |
| College Point | Saint Andrews |
| Santa Monica | |
| Green Hills | Silver Sands |
| Sunnyside Beach | |
| Holiday Plaza | |
| Tyndall Air Force Base | |
| Lullwater Beach | |
| Woodlawn | |
| Mill Bayou | Woodville |
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> | 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |