Do you know of Newfound ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Newfound. 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 Newfound.<1>
Our sources for Newfound (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 Newfound other than they indicate that Newfound would be found somewhere in Clay County, Kentucky.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1907 and closed in 1952.
Communities Also Named Newfound ...
We found two communities that share the name Newfound.
Within Kentucky, the name Newfound is unique.
Beyond Kentucky, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Newfound ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Newfound:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Rand McNally Map of Kentucky (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Newfound.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 21/55704 (Place Name: Newfound)
County: Clay (FIPS State/County: 21/051)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Newfound) 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 Clay 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 Clay 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/ |