Do you know of Deadwood ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1890 and closed  in 1892.

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 Deadwood ...

We found ten communities that share the name Deadwood.

Within Kentucky, the name Deadwood is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, eight are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alberta
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Deadwood.
  • British Columbia
    • Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Deadwood.
  • California
    • Butte County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Deadwood [Butte County].
    • Placer County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Deadwood [Placer County].
    • Sierra County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Deadwood [Sierra County].
    • Trinity County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Deadwood [Trinity County].
    • Tuolumne County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Deadwood [Tuolumne County].
  • Oregon
    • Lane County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Deadwood [Lane County].
  • South Dakota
    • Lawrence County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Deadwood [Lawrence County].
  • Texas
    • Panola County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Deadwood [Panola County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Deadwood ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Deadwood - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)

More Orphans in  Casey 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 Casey County.