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Do you know of Dan ???

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

We found mention of Dan as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Ohio County, Kentucky.

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 Dan ...

We found seven communities that share the name Dan.

There are two communities within Kentucky that are also named Dan.

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

  • Communities Located In Kentucky ...
    • Letcher 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 Dan [Letcher County].
    • Menifee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Dan [Menifee County].
  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • 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 Alabama community of Dan [Madison County].
    • Texas
      • Wise 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 Dan [Wise County].
    • Virginia
      • Franklin 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 Virginia community of Dan [Franklin County].
      • Spotsylvania County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Dan [Spotsylvania County].
    • West Virginia
      • McDowell County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Dan [McDowell County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Dan ...

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

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

The FIPS database contains an entry for Dan.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 21/19756   (Place Name: Dan (Friedaland))

County: Ohio     (FIPS State/County: 21/183)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Dan) 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).

More Orphans in  Ohio County ...

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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 Ohio County.

Alston 
AltaOaks
  
BarnetsburghPalo
Barrett Ferry 
Barretts FerryRender
BixbyReynolds Station
 Reynold's
CentretownRobridge
Clear Run 
 Schultztown
Davidson 
 Taylor Mines
FriedalandTaylor's Switch
 Taylortown
Jones StationTrisler
  
KronosWaller
 Westerfield
MandaWilliams

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 Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's 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 Dan 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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