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Do you know of Gartrell ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1892 and closed  in 1916.

Communities Also Named Gartrell ...

We found one communities that share the name Gartrell.

Within Kentucky, the name Gartrell is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Gilmer County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Gartrell [Gilmer County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gartrell ...

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

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  Carter 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 Carter County.

AnglinKaty
AtlasKilgore
Attention 
 Little Fork
Bell's TraceLittleton
Berry 
BetMary Mines
BogheadMcDavid
BradmyerMcGlone
  
CavesNorton Branch
Corey 
CoxOats
  
De BardReadville
Deer CreekResort
 Rosedale
EvermanRush
  
FireclaySaulsberry
FontanaStar Furnace
 Straight Creek Mines
Geigerville 
GobleTygart
  
HellmanVincent's
Highland 
 Wardsworth
JamisonWhitt
  

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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