Do you know of Baileys Switch ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Baileys Switch. 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 Baileys Switch.<1>
Our sources for Baileys Switch (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Baileys Switch other than they indicate that Baileys Switch would be found somewhere in Knox County, Kentucky.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1890.
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Baileys Switch ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Baileys Switch:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Baileys Switch - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
DeLorme Atlas & Gazetteer - Kentucky
Published by DeLorme, 2010
(Available from Amazon.com)
Rand McNally Map of Kentucky (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Baileys Switch.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 21/03070 (Place Name: Baileys Switch (Baileys))
County: Knox (FIPS State/County: 21/121)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Baileys Switch) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
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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 Knox County.
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> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |