Do you know of Wahoo ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1872 and closed  in 1905.

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 Wahoo ...

We found seven communities that share the name Wahoo.

Within Georgia, the name Wahoo is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • California
    • Los Angeles County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Wahoo [Los Angeles County].
  • Florida
    • Sumter County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Wahoo [Sumter County].
  • Nebraska
    • Saunders County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Wahoo [Saunders County].
  • Ohio
    • Madison County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Wahoo [Madison County].
  • Tennessee
    • Sullivan County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Wahoo [Sullivan County].
  • Utah
    • Salt Lake County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Wahoo [Salt Lake County].
  • West Virginia
    • Marion County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Wahoo [Marion County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Wahoo ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

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

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Wahoo.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 13/79892   (Place Name: Wahoo)

County: Lumpkin     (FIPS State/County: 13/187)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Wahoo) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Lumpkin 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 Lumpkin County.