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Do you know of Junior ???

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

Our sources for Junior (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 Junior other than they indicate that Junior would be found somewhere in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1882 and closed  in 1922.

Communities Also Named Junior ...

We found one communities that share the name Junior.

Within Louisiana, the name Junior is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, there is another community also named Junior in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • West Virginia
      • Barbour County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Junior [Barbour County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Junior ...

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

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 Junior - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

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

More Orphans in  Plaquemines Parish ...

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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 Plaquemines Parish.

Benjamin SwitchLawrence
Boothville - VeniceLive Oak Grove
Buras - Triumph 
ButlerMary
 Mon Plaisir
CarnarvonMonticello
City PriceMoran
  
DimeNeptune
  
Empire MillOak Point
ExpositionOrange Farm
 Orange Grove
Fairview 
FannyPOINT a la HACHE
FavretPoint Michael
Fort Saint Leon 
 Saint Ann
GuichardSaint Sophie
 Savoies
Happy PointSocola Jucntion
HebertSordelet
Homeplace 
 Thibaut
Illyria 
 Victory Switch
Jump 
 Wood Park
La Reusitte 
La RewsiteZibilich
Lake Hermitage 

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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