Do you know of Peterson ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Peterson. 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 Peterson.
We found mention of Peterson as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Montgomery 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 Peterson ...
We found 21 communities that share the name Peterson.
Within Georgia, the name Peterson is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another 21 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 21 communities, eighteen are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Tuscaloosa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Peterson [Tuscaloosa County].
- Arizona
- Maricopa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Peterson [Maricopa County].
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Peterson.
- Florida
- Lafayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Peterson [Lafayette County].
- Idaho
- Bingham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Peterson [Bingham County].
- Indiana
- Adams County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Peterson [Adams County].
- Iowa
- Clay County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Peterson [Clay County].
- Kansas
- Finney County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Peterson [Finney County].
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Fillmore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Peterson [Fillmore County].
- North Carolina
- Mitchell County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Peterson [Mitchell County].
- North Dakota
- Ontario
- Pennsylvania
- Saskatchewan
- Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Peterson.
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Scott County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Peterson [Scott County].
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Lewis County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Peterson [Lewis County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Peterson ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Peterson:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Peterson - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned
More Orphans in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County.
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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Peterson 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. |