Do you know of Baker ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Baker. 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 Baker.<1>
Our sources for Baker (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 Baker other than they indicate that Baker would be found somewhere in Letcher County, Kentucky.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1884 and closed in 1918.
Communities Also Named Baker ...
We found 49 communities that share the name Baker.
There is one other community in Kentucky which is also named Baker.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another 48 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 48 communities, 48 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Kentucky ...
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Baker [Jackson County].
- Jackson County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Please visit our profile page for the Alaska community of Baker.
- Arkansas
- Lafayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Baker [Lafayette County].
- Polk 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 Arkansas community of Baker [Polk County].
- Searcy County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Baker [Searcy County].
- Sharp County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Baker [Sharp County].
- British Columbia
- California
- Florida
- Bay County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Baker [Bay County].
- Lee 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 Florida community of Baker [Lee County].
- Okaloosa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Baker [Okaloosa County].
- Idaho
- Lemhi County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Baker [Lemhi County].
- Illinois
- La Salle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Baker [La Salle County].
- McLean 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 Illinois community of Baker [McLean County].
- Indiana
- Sullivan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Baker [Sullivan County].
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Brown County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Baker [Brown County].
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Baker [East Baton Rouge Parish].
- Maryland
- Queen Anne's County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Baker [Queen Anne's County].
- Michigan
- Kalamazoo 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 Baker [Kalamazoo County].
- Oakland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Baker [Oakland County].
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Baker [Union County].
- Missouri
- Montana
- Fallon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Baker [Fallon County].
- Gallatin 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 Montana community of Baker [Gallatin County].
- Nebraska
- Boyd County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Baker [Boyd County].
- Nevada
- White Pine County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Baker [White Pine County].
- New York
- Livingston County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Baker [Livingston County].
- North Dakota
- Benson County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Baker [Benson County].
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Davidson 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 Tennessee community of Baker [Davidson County].
- Dickson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Baker [Dickson County].
- Texas
- Angelina 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 Texas community of Baker [Angelina County].
- Cottle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Baker [Cottle County].
- Floyd County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Baker [Floyd County].
- Parker County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Baker [Parker County].
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Baker [Salt Lake County].
- Washington
- Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Baker [Clark County].
- West Virginia
- Hardy County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Baker [Hardy County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Baker ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Baker:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Baker - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Kentucky (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Letcher 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 Letcher 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> | 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 Baker 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. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |