Do you know of Relay ???

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

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

Communities Also Named Relay ...

We found six communities that share the name Relay.

Within Iowa, the name Relay is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Florida
  - Flagler County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Relay [Flagler County].
- Georgia
  - Floyd County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Relay [Floyd County].
- Maryland
  - Baltimore County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Relay [Baltimore County].
- Michigan
  - Menominee County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Relay [Menominee County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Relay.
- Pennsylvania
  - York County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Relay [York County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Relay ...

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

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

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

Map from 1905 (unknown title/publisher)

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

More Orphans in Appanoose 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 Appanoose County.

Footnotes ...

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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.

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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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Relay 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.