Do you know of Lightfoot ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1887 and closed  in 1903.

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 Lightfoot ...

We found three communities that share the name Lightfoot.

Within Georgia, the name Lightfoot is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Idaho
    • Idaho County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Lightfoot [Idaho County].
  • Tennessee
    • Lauderdale County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Lightfoot [Lauderdale County].
  • Virginia
    • James City County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Lightfoot [James City County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lightfoot ...

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

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 Lightfoot - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Map from 1895 (unknown title/publisher)

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Lightfoot.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 13/46328   (Place Name: Lightfoot)

County: Wilkinson     (FIPS State/County: 13/319)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Lightfoot) 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  Wilkinson 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 Wilkinson County.