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Do you know of Gwin ???

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

Our source wasn't clear whether Gwin 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 Gwin would be found somewhere in Henderson County, Kentucky.

Communities Also Named Gwin ...

We found one communities that share the name Gwin.

Within Kentucky, the name Gwin is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Mississippi
      • Holmes County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Gwin [Holmes County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Gwin ...

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

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 Gwin.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 21/33616   (Place Name: Gwin)

County: Henderson     (FIPS State/County: 21/101)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Gwin) 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  Henderson 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 Henderson County.

AlzeyPosey
AudubonPyrus
  
Cedar GroveSmith's Mills
 Steamport
King Mills 
 Utley
Major 
McClainWalnut Bottom
McDonald's LandingWest Henderson
 Wilson Station
Pleasant HillWorthington

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.









 

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