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Do you know of Ratherwood ???

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

We found mention of Ratherwood as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Carroll County, Georgia.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1892 and closed  in 1897.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Ratherwood ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

More Orphans in  Carroll 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 Carroll County.

Allen's MillsHorace
 Hulett
Barge 
BennieKansas
Berlene 
BillowLaurel Hill
BonnerLilac
BowenvilleLockville
BuckhornLoyal
Buckingham 
 Plug
Catie 
Center PointReavesville
ChancevilleRett
CheeverRilla
County LineRotherwood
  
Deer CreekSackville
DotSandy Grove
 Siver
FullervilleStell
 Stogner
Genola 
 Tall Pine
HarmanTompkinsville
Hickory Level 
Holland's MillsWansley

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>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.
<3>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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