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Do you know of Firestone ???

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

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

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 Firestone ...

We found six communities that share the name Firestone.

Within Georgia, the name Firestone is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Cherokee 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 Alabama community of Firestone [Cherokee County].
    • California
      • Los Angeles 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 California community of Firestone [Los Angeles County].
    • Colorado
      • Weld County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Firestone [Weld County].
    • Nebraska
      • Saunders 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 Nebraska community of Firestone [Saunders County].
    • North Carolina
      • Mecklenburg County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Firestone [Mecklenburg County].
      • Wilson 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 North Carolina community of Firestone [Wilson County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Firestone ...

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

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southeast
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 1999
(Available from Amazon.com)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Firestone.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 13/29444   (Place Name: Firestone)

County: Dougherty     (FIPS State/County: 13/095)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Firestone) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Dougherty 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 Dougherty County.

Albany Junction 
ArnoldLuvdale
  
BarrOne Hundred Sixty-Five Mile Post
Byron 
 Philemma
College Heights 
 Ramsey
Dougherty Junction 
DoughertySanborn
Ducker StationSilica Hills
 South Albany
Hardaway 
HoltsWalker Station

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Firestone 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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