Do you know of Paynes ???

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

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

Communities Also Named Paynes ...

We found five communities that share the name Paynes.

Within Indiana, the name Paynes is unique.

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

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Georgia
  - Crawford 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 Georgia community of Paynes [Crawford County].
- Kentucky
  - Fayette County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Paynes [Fayette County].
- Mississippi
  - Tallahatchie County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Paynes [Tallahatchie County].
- Ontario
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Paynes.
- Texas
  - Fort Bend County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Paynes [Fort Bend County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Paynes ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in Vigo 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 Vigo County.

Amber Valley	Maplewood
	Marquette Farm
Bakers Siding	Maryland
Bartley	Marywood
Belt Junction	Maurius
Bradshaw	Meadows
Broadlands	Meltonville
	Middletown
Champion	Mount Pleasant
Chinook
Collett Park	Nelson
Colonial Park	New Market
Cookerly	Northwood
County Line
Cummings	Oak Grove
	Otter Creek
Deerfield
Dresser	Paint Mill Lake
	Poplar Hill
Edgewood Grove	Prairie Village
Edwards
Ellsworth	Robinwood
	Rose Hill Gardens
Ferrell	Ross
Fort Harrison
French Lake	Saint Mary's
Fruit Hill	Shawville
	Sheridan Park
Gilbert	Soonover
Glenayr	South Lake
Glendale	Spring Hill Junction
Glenn	Springwood
Grant	Stratford Hills
Gravel Pit	Sycamore Knolls
Grouseland	Sycamore Park
Grover
	Tera North
Heckland	Terra Vista
Hoggatts
Holly Hills	Vedder

Idaho	Wanda Lake
	Watkins
Kenwood	Wauhoo
Kingswood Terra	Wey Lake
	Windemere Lake
Lake Noji	Wonder Lake
Lakewood	Woodgate East
Limberlost Hills	Woodridge
Lincolnshire
	Young
Macksville	Youngstown Meadows
Malcolm

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>

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 Paynes 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.