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Do you know of Dick ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1896 and closed  in 1906.

Communities Also Named Dick ...

We found four communities that share the name Dick.

Within Kentucky, the name Dick is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Colorado
      • Weld County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Dick [Weld County].
    • Michigan
      • Chippewa County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Dick [Chippewa County].
    • Mississippi
      • Franklin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Dick [Franklin County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Westmoreland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Dick [Westmoreland County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Dick ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

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

More Orphans in  Meade 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 Meade County.

AshcraftMeade Springs
 Meadville
Birksville 
 Peckenpaugh
CreceliusPennebaker
  
Doe RunRichardson's Landing
  
Flint IslandSingleton
 Stapleton
Garnettsville 
Good SpringsTwin Cave
  
Little YorkWeldon
Long BranchWoodland
  

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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