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Do you know of Unity ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1886 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 Unity ...

We found 36 communities that share the name Unity.

There are two communities within Georgia that are also named Unity.

Beyond Georgia, we know of another 34 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 34 communities, 35 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Located In Georgia ...
    • Franklin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Unity [Franklin County].
    • Heard County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Unity [Heard County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Coosa County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Unity [Coosa County].
      • Cullman County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Unity [Cullman County].
      • Tuscaloosa County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Unity [Tuscaloosa County].
    • Arkansas
      • Ashley County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Unity [Ashley County].
      • Greene County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Unity [Greene County].
      • Howard County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Unity [Howard County].
    • Idaho
      • Cassia County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Unity [Cassia County].
    • Illinois
      • Alexander County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Unity [Alexander County].
    • Kentucky
      • Boyd County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Unity [Boyd County].
    • Maine
      • Waldo County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Unity [Waldo County].
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Unity [Montgomery County].
    • Mississippi
      • Attala County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Unity [Attala County].
      • Lee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Unity [Lee County].
    • Missouri
      • Jackson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Unity [Jackson County].
      • Scotland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Unity [Scotland County].
    • Montana
      • Meagher County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Unity [Meagher County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Sullivan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Unity [Sullivan County].
    • North Carolina
      • Mecklenburg County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Unity [Mecklenburg County].
      • Rowan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Unity [Rowan County].
    • Ohio
      • Adams County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Unity [Adams County].
      • Columbiana County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Unity [Columbiana County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Texas County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Unity [Texas County].
    • Oregon
      • Baker County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Unity [Baker County].
      • Lane County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Unity [Lane County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Allegheny County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Unity [Allegheny County].
    • Saskatchewan
      • Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Unity.
    • South Carolina
      • Lancaster County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Unity [Lancaster County].
    • Tennessee
      • Decatur County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Unity [Decatur County].
      • Overton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Unity [Overton County].
      • Weakley County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Unity [Weakley County].
    • Texas
      • Lamar County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Unity [Lamar County].
      • Wilson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Unity [Wilson County].
    • Virginia
      • Southampton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Unity [Southampton County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Marathon County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Unity [Marathon County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Unity ...

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

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 Unity - 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.

More Orphans in  Harris 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 Harris County.

Barletts FerryHuckabee
BenshoeHudson Mill
  
ChipleyIda Cason Gardens
Cleola 
 Melody Lakes
Don 
 Paulina
FarleyPiedmont
  
GrimesReed
  
HarcoStanford Mills
HardemanSummit
Hargett 

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Unity 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.
<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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