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Do you know of Ray ???

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

Unfortunately, we didn't note our source when we found mention of Ray, so we are uncertain whether Ray is a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name. While we don't have its location, we believe that Ray would be found somewhere in Sumner County, Kansas.

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 Ray ...

We found 26 communities that share the name Ray.

There is one other community in Kansas which is also named Ray.

Beyond Kansas, we know of another 25 communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Located In Kansas ...
    • Pawnee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Ray [Pawnee County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Baldwin 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 Alabama community of Ray [Baldwin County].
      • Coosa County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Ray [Coosa County].
    • Arizona
      • Pinal County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Ray [Pinal County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Ray [Hillsborough County].
    • Illinois
      • Schuyler County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Ray [Schuyler County].
    • Indiana
      • Carroll County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Ray [Carroll County].
      • Steuben County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Ray [Steuben County].
    • Iowa
      • Appanoose 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 Iowa community of Ray [Appanoose County].
    • Kentucky
      • Lawrence County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Ray [Lawrence County].
      • Logan 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 Kentucky community of Ray [Logan County].
    • Michigan
      • Branch County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Ray [Branch County].
      • Newaygo 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 Michigan community of Ray [Newaygo County].
    • Minnesota
      • Koochiching County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Ray [Koochiching County].
    • Nebraska
      • Holt County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Ray [Holt County].
    • Nevada
      • Nye County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Ray [Nye County].
      • White Pine County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Ray [White Pine County].
    • New York
      • Genesee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Ray [Genesee County].
    • North Carolina
      • Madison 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 North Carolina community of Ray [Madison County].
    • North Dakota
      • Williams County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Ray [Williams County].
    • Ohio
      • Jackson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Ray [Jackson County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Union 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 Pennsylvania community of Ray [Union County].
    • Tennessee
      • Union County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Ray [Union County].
    • Texas
      • Ellis 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 Texas community of Ray [Ellis County].
      • Grayson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Ray [Grayson County].
    • Virginia
      • Pittsylvania County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Ray [Pittsylvania County].

More Orphans in  Sumner 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 Sumner County.

AbrellvilleKnox
Afton 
AltonLittleton
ArcolaLondon
ArgyleLone Star
Austin 
AvonMallory
 Mannings Point
BarnardMarengo
BelboneMay Day
BeverlyMissouri Flat
Big Cottonwood CrossingMonroe
BlackstoneMount Chetopa
Blandford 
Bluff CityNapamalla
BoonNew Bedford
Bowling GreenNew Ninnescah
 Ninnescah
Carl CityNorthfield
Centennial 
ChickaskiaOccident
CisneOrchard Grove
Clear DaleOrie
Concord 
 Palestine
Doster StationPontoon
DublinPurcell
  
EminenceRoy
  
FallsSalt City
 Sing Sing
GlascowSlate Creek Ranch
Glen ValleySpring City
Gueda SpringsSpring Dell
GuelphSunny Slope
 Sunset
Hamden 
Hearst CrossingUnion City
Hessville 
Hunnewell JunctionWellington Junction
 Woodlawn
Kitley 

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 Ray 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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