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Do you know of Margaret ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1898 and closed  in 1912.

Communities Also Named Margaret ...

We found nine communities that share the name Margaret.

Within Kentucky, the name Margaret is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Saint Clair County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Margaret [Saint Clair County].
    • Kansas
      • Lincoln 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 Kansas community of Margaret [Lincoln County].
    • Manitoba
      • Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Margaret.
    • North Carolina
      • Franklin County
      • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Margaret [Franklin County].
      • Northampton 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 North Carolina community of Margaret [Northampton County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Armstrong County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Margaret [Armstrong County].
    • Tennessee
      • Hawkins 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 Margaret [Hawkins County].
    • Texas
      • Foard County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Margaret [Foard County].
    • West Virginia
      • Harrison County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Margaret [Harrison County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Margaret ...

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

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

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 
 Maggard
BakerMagic Valley
BastinMandrake
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>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 Margaret 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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