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Do you know of Gabriel ???

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

Our source wasn't clear whether Gabriel was a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Gabriel would be found somewhere in Pike County, Kentucky.

Communities Also Named Gabriel ...

We found three communities that share the name Gabriel.

Within Kentucky, the name Gabriel is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Arkansas
      • Pope County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Gabriel [Pope County].
    • Kansas
      • Doniphan County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Gabriel [Doniphan County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Cherokee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Gabriel [Cherokee County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gabriel ...

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

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)

The FIPS database contains an entry for Gabriel.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 21/29728   (Place Name: Gabriel)

County: Pike     (FIPS State/County: 21/195)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Gabriel) 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  Pike 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 Pike County.

AlkaKilowatt
Allegheny Mine 
 Little Creek
BamaLong Fork
BassLower Chloe Creek
Bent Branch 
BillMaltaton
BiscuitManco
BlackberryMayflower
BranhanMcVicker
 Morell
Caney SidingMouth of Pond
Carmen 
CedarNew Waverly
ChildersNewsome
Chisholm 
ChloeOreknob
CoonOrinoco
Couder 
CrawfordPatton
CriggerPeg
CurbPeyton Creek
 Piketon
DamronPinson
DemocracyPond
DeskinPraise
Dix Fork 
 Raystone
EdgartonRegina
 Richam
Ferguson CreekRoad Creek Junction
Ferrells CreekRowe
FlanaryRunyan
  
GoffShelby Gap
Grange CityShelby
Grange StoreSlone's Branch
GreenoughSteele
 Stratton
Herman Siding 
HomeTackitt
HuntTadella
 Thomas
Jake 
JaradUpper Chloe Creek
JettleUpper Elk
John 
Johns Creek JunctionWhite Post
Johnson Bottom 
JonicanZattoo
  

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>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.
<3>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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird 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 Gabriel 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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