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Do you know of John ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1882 and closed  in 1927.

Communities Also Named John ...

We found three communities that share the name John.

Within Kentucky, the name John is unique.

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

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Louisiana
      • Iberia Parish
      • Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of John [Iberia Parish].
    • Tennessee
      • Trousdale County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of John [Trousdale County].
    • Virginia
      • Russell County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of John [Russell County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for John ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for John - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Pike 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 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
  
GabrielShelby Gap
GoffShelby
Grange CitySlone's Branch
Grange StoreSteele
GreenoughStratton
  
Herman SidingTackitt
HomeTadella
HuntThomas
  
JakeUpper Chloe Creek
JaradUpper Elk
Jettle 
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>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 John 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.
<3>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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