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Do you know of Gauley ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1904 and closed  in 1933.

Communities Also Named Gauley ...

We found one communities that share the name Gauley.

Within Kentucky, the name Gauley is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • West Virginia
      • Fayette County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Gauley [Fayette County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gauley ...

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

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

Rand McNally Map of Kentucky (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Rockcastle 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 Rockcastle County.

Broadhead 
BromoJep Hill
Brush Creek 
BummerLangford
  
CedarvillePond Creek
Cooks 
 Raspberry
DoddvilleRockford
  
EvansvilleSnider
  
GapWard's
 Withers
Hiatt 

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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