Do you know of Fort Buffington ???

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

Our sources for Fort Buffington (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 Fort Buffington other than they indicate that Fort Buffington would be found somewhere in Cherokee County, Georgia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1850 and closed  in 1895.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Fort Buffington ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

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

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Map from 1865 (unknown title/publisher)

More Orphans in  Cherokee 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 Cherokee County.