Do you know of Mud River ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Mud River. 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 Mud River.<1>
Our sources for Mud River (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 Mud River other than they indicate that Mud River would be found somewhere in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1885 and closed in 1904.
Communities Also Named Mud River ...
We found two communities that share the name Mud River.
Within Kentucky, the name Mud River is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Mud River ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Mud River:
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 Mud River - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station
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)
George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.
More Orphans in Muhlenberg 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 Muhlenberg County.
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/ |