Do you know of Safford ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Safford. 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 Safford.
We found mention of Safford as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Marion County, Indiana.
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 Safford ...
We found four communities that share the name Safford.
Within Indiana, the name Safford is unique.
Beyond Indiana, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Dallas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Safford [Dallas County].
- Arizona
- Graham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Safford [Graham County].
- Nevada
- Eureka County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Safford [Eureka County].
- Tennessee
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Safford ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Safford:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Safford - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned
Map from 1908 (unknown title/publisher)
More Orphans in Marion 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 Marion County.
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 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 Safford 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. |