Do you know of Josephine ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1891 and closed  in 1895.

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.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Josephine ...

We found nine communities that share the name Josephine.

Within Georgia, the name Josephine is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Baldwin County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Josephine [Baldwin County].
  • Kentucky
    • Scott County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Josephine [Scott County].
  • North Dakota
    • Benson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Josephine [Benson County].
  • Ontario
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Josephine.
  • Pennsylvania
    • Indiana County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Josephine [Indiana County].
  • Tennessee
    • Wilson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Josephine [Wilson County].
  • Texas
    • Collin County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Josephine [Collin County].
  • Virginia
    • Wise County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Josephine [Wise County].
  • West Virginia
    • Raleigh County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Josephine [Raleigh County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Josephine ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Josephine - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia Between 1847-1962
Written by: Hemperly, Marion R.
Published by the Southern Historical Press, 1980
(Available from Amazon.com)

More Orphans in  Early 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 Early County.