Do you know of Sarepta ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Sarepta. 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 Sarepta.<1>
Our sources for Sarepta (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 Sarepta other than they indicate that Sarepta would be found somewhere in Dawson County, Georgia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1903 and closed in 1919.
Communities Also Named Sarepta ...
We found four communities that share the name Sarepta.
Within Georgia, the name Sarepta is unique.
Beyond Georgia, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Sarepta ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Sarepta:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Map from 1915 (unknown title/publisher)
Rand McNally Map of Georgia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Dawson 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 Dawson County.
| Big Savanna | Laurel |
| Bread Town | |
| Bright | Palmour |
| Buncom | Pots Mountain |
| Purdyville | |
| Cogburn | |
| Concord | Rockpile |
| Dixon | Talley |
| Fork | Wier |
| Gentry's Mills | Yellow Creek |
| Yuba |
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> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |