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Do you know of Blood ???

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

Our sources for Blood (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 Blood other than they indicate that Blood would be found somewhere in Calloway County, Kentucky.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1880 and closed  in 1920.

Communities Also Named Blood ...

We found one communities that share the name Blood.

Within Kentucky, the name Blood is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, there is another community also named Blood in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • New Hampshire
      • Hillsborough County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Blood [Hillsborough County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Blood ...

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

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 Blood - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

More Orphans in  Calloway 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 Calloway County.

BrandonNew Buffalo
BuenaNormal
  
CherryPanarama City
  
EdgehillRhea
  
FlintTaylors Store
 Tobacco
Itey 
 Van Cleve
Kensee 
KnightWarburgh
 Welona
LeonvilleWetzel
Locust GroveWillisville
  

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/









 

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