Do you know of Gresham ???

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

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

We found sixteen communities that share the name Gresham.

Within Georgia, the name Gresham is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Colorado
  - Boulder County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Gresham [Boulder County].
- Illinois
  - Cook 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 Illinois community of Gresham [Cook County].
  - Franklin 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 Illinois community of Gresham [Franklin County].
- Iowa
  - Black Hawk 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 Iowa community of Gresham [Black Hawk County].
- Kentucky
  - Green County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Gresham [Green County].
- Michigan
  - Eaton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Gresham [Eaton County].
- Minnesota
  - Otter Tail 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 Minnesota community of Gresham [Otter Tail County].
- Missouri
  - Polk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Gresham [Polk County].
- Nebraska
  - York County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Gresham [York County].
- Ohio
  - Cuyahoga County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Gresham [Cuyahoga County].
- Ontario
  - 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 Ontario community of Gresham.
- Oregon
  - Multnomah County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Gresham [Multnomah County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Crawford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Gresham [Crawford County].
- South Carolina
  - Marion County
  - Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Gresham [Marion County].
- Texas
  - Smith County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Gresham [Smith County].
- Wisconsin
  - Shawano County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Gresham [Shawano County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gresham ...

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

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

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

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

More Orphans in Walton 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 Walton County.

Alcock	India
Anderson
	Jug Tavern
Bethlehem
Broken Arrow	Laboon

Camps	Nunnally
Centerville
	Walnutgrove
Demopolis	Waterport
	Woodruff

Footnotes ...

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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 Gresham 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.