Do you know of Place ???

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

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1899 and closed  in 1963.

Communities Also Named Place ...

We found one communities that share the name Place.

Within Kentucky, the name Place is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, there is another community also named Place in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • New Hampshire
    • Strafford County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Place [Strafford County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Place ...

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

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 Place.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 21/61500   (Place Name: Place)

County: Knox     (FIPS State/County: 21/121)

Class: X3

More Orphans in  Knox 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 Knox County.