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Do you know of Cains ???

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

Our sources for Cains (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 Cains other than they indicate that Cains would be found somewhere in Gwinnett County, Georgia.

Communities Also Named Cains ...

We found one communities that share the name Cains.

Within Georgia, the name Cains is unique.

Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Cains in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Pennsylvania
      • Lancaster County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Cains [Lancaster County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Cains ...

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

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

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

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Map from 1839 (unknown title/publisher)

More Orphans in  Gwinnett 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 Gwinnett County.

Allen City 
AnglintonHuff
ArlingtonHush
  
Bay CreekLake Lucerne
Bermuda 
BradenMount Park
Breckinridge 
 Orient
Cedar HillOrrsville
Centreville 
Cherry GrovePirkle
Chester 
Chinkapin GroveSanfordsville
Craig 
CruseTeagle
 Timms
DacheTricum
DentlerTripp
  
FenceVillaking
  
GhentWebbville
Goddess 

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.