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Do you know of Spread ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1880 and closed  in 1917.

Communities Also Named Spread ...

We found one communities that share the name Spread.

Within Georgia, the name Spread is unique.

Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Spread in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • West Virginia
      • Clay County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Spread [Clay County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Spread ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Spread - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

More Orphans in  Jefferson 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 Jefferson County.

Aaron 
 Johnson's
BethanyJosey
Bostick 
 Reedy Creek
Carswell 
 Sandy
DanforthSpiers
 Spread Oak
FrenchSylvan Grove
  
GrangeVenice
  
HudsonvilleWoodburn

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/









 

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