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Do you know of Maggard ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1885 and closed  in 1911.

Communities Also Named Maggard ...

We found one communities that share the name Maggard.

There is one other community in Kentucky which is also named Maggard.

Beyond Kentucky.

  • Communities Located In Kentucky ...
    • Magoffin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Maggard [Magoffin County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Maggard ...

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

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

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

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

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

More Orphans in  Letcher 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 Letcher County.

AaronKent
Airco 
ApexLester
ArmintaLusk
Arthur 
 Magic Valley
BakerMandrake
BastinMargaret
BelcraftMater
BentleyMaxie
BetzeMcConnell
BilviaMeade Fork Junction
Biscayne 
BluefieldOrlina
Bon Air 
 Path
CapPine Valley
CaudellPremium
Chestnut HillProfitt
Chip 
CollyRazorblade
ColtonRockhouse
 Romeo
Dan 
DavidSandlick
 Scotia
EssieShirley
EvansStewart
ExtraSwanee
  
GanderTartan
Gold StarTigo
GourdTocsin
GrapeTonny
GreenleafTyra
Grouse 
 Upper Fishpond
Harvie 
HilliardVicki
HoggVilas
Horn 
 Walls
Jack TopWentworth
JosieWhitcliff
 Wolram
KaruWright

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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