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Do you know of Grayson ???

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

We found mention of Grayson as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Boone County, Iowa.

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.

Communities Also Named Grayson ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Grayson.

Within Iowa, the name Grayson is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Winston County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Grayson [Winston County].
    • Arkansas
      • Crittenden 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 Arkansas community of Grayson [Crittenden County].
      • Logan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Grayson [Logan County].
    • California
      • Stanislaus County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Grayson [Stanislaus County].
    • Georgia
      • Gwinnett County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Grayson [Gwinnett County].
    • Indiana
      • Lawrence 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 Indiana community of Grayson [Lawrence County].
    • Kansas
      • Clark 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 Kansas community of Grayson [Clark County].
    • Kentucky
      • Carter County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Grayson [Carter County].
    • Louisiana
      • Caldwell Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Grayson [Caldwell Parish].
    • Missouri
      • Clinton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Grayson [Clinton County].
    • Nebraska
      • Sheridan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Grayson [Sheridan County].
    • North Carolina
      • Ashe County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Grayson [Ashe County].
    • Ohio
      • Miami County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Grayson [Miami County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Okmulgee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Grayson [Okmulgee County].
    • Saskatchewan
      • Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Grayson.
    • Virginia
      • Carroll County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Grayson [Carroll County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Grayson ...

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

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Boone 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 Boone County.

Boone StationMarcy
BoonesboroughMidway
 Mineral Ridge
Coal Mine 
 Niles
East Boone 
 Rapids
Garden 
 Yough
Hull 
 Zenorsville

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 Grayson 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.









 

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