Do you know of Excelsior ???

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

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

Communities Also Named Excelsior ...

We found 21 communities that share the name Excelsior.

There are two communities within Georgia that are also named Excelsior.

Beyond Georgia, we know of another nineteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

Communities Located In Georgia ...
- Candler County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Excelsior [Candler County].
- Tift County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Excelsior [Tift County].

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
  - Sebastian County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Excelsior [Sebastian County].
- Florida
  - Hillsborough County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Excelsior [Hillsborough County].
- Iowa
  - Mahaska County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Excelsior [Mahaska County].
- Kansas
  - Douglas 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 Excelsior [Douglas County].
  - Mitchell County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Excelsior [Mitchell County].
  - Pawnee County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Excelsior [Pawnee County].
- Michigan
  - Kalkaska 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 Michigan community of Excelsior [Kalkaska County].
- Minnesota
  - Hennepin County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Excelsior [Hennepin County].
- Missouri
  - Atchison County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Excelsior [Atchison County].
  - Morgan County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Excelsior [Morgan County].
- Nevada
  - Elko County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Excelsior [Elko County].
- North Carolina
  - Brunswick 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 Excelsior [Brunswick County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Northumberland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Excelsior [Northumberland County].
- South Carolina
  - Chesterfield County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Excelsior [Chesterfield County].
- Washington
  - Pierce County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Excelsior [Pierce County].
- West Virginia
  - McDowell County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Excelsior [McDowell County].
  - Upshur County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Excelsior [Upshur County].
  - Webster County
  - Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Excelsior [Webster County].
- Wisconsin
  - Richland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Excelsior [Richland County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Excelsior ...

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

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

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

Map from 1883 (unknown title/publisher)

Rand McNally Map of Georgia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in Bulloch 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 Bulloch County.

Adelaide	Ketus
Alderman
Anita	Laston
Arlen	Lucetta
	Ludovic
Black
Bliss	Metter
Bloys	Mill Ray
	Myers
Callie
Clark	Nellwood
Collegeboro
	Omie
Dock
	Parish
Endicot	Proctor
Esla
	Red Branch
Fly	Requisite
	Rufus
Gem
Geranium	Sam
Green	Snap
	Star
Haginsville	Swamp
Harville
	Towatow
Iric
	Watersville
Jay
Jerome	Zoar

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Excelsior 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.