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Do you know of Lee ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Lee. 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 Lee.

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

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1883 and closed  in 1916.

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.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Lee ...

We found 45 communities that share the name Lee.

Within Louisiana, the name Lee is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of another 45 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 45 communities, 44 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Coffee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Lee [Coffee County].
      • Conecuh County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Lee [Conecuh County].
    • Arkansas
      • Benton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Lee [Benton County].
      • Lee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Lee [Lee County].
    • California
      • Inyo County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Lee [Inyo County].
    • Florida
      • Hillsborough County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Lee [Hillsborough County].
      • Madison County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Lee [Madison County].
    • Illinois
      • Lee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Lee [Lee County].
    • Indiana
      • White County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Lee [White County].
    • Iowa
      • Ringgold County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Lee [Ringgold County].
    • Kansas
      • Hamilton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lee [Hamilton County].
      • Jackson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lee [Jackson County].
      • Jefferson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lee [Jefferson County].
      • Norton County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lee [Norton County].
      • Phillips County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Lee [Phillips County].
    • Kentucky
      • Butler County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Lee [Butler County].
      • Clay County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Lee [Clay County].
    • Maine
      • Penobscot County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Lee [Penobscot County].
    • Massachusetts
      • Berkshire County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Lee [Berkshire County].
    • Michigan
      • Allegan County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Lee [Allegan County].
      • Delta County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Lee [Delta County].
    • Mississippi
      • Jefferson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Lee [Jefferson County].
    • Montana
      • Rosebud County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Lee [Rosebud County].
    • Nevada
      • Elko County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Lee [Elko County].
      • Nye County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Lee [Nye County].
    • New Hampshire
      • Strafford County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Lee [Strafford County].
    • New York
      • Oneida County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Lee [Oneida County].
      • Washington County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Lee [Washington County].
    • North Carolina
      • Madison County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Lee [Madison County].
    • North Dakota
      • Nelson County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Lee [Nelson County].
    • Ohio
      • Athens County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Lee [Athens County].
    • Ontario
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Lee.
    • Oregon
      • Coos County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Lee [Coos County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Luzerne County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Lee [Luzerne County].
    • Tennessee
      • Bledsoe County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Lee [Bledsoe County].
      • Overton County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Lee [Overton County].
    • Texas
      • Carson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Lee [Carson County].
      • Childress County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Lee [Childress County].
    • Utah
      • Grand County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Lee [Grand County].
    • Virginia
      • Goochland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Lee [Goochland County].
      • Lee County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Lee [Lee County].
    • Washington
      • Walla Walla County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Lee [Walla Walla County].
    • West Virginia
      • Fayette County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Lee [Fayette County].
      • Nicholas County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Lee [Nicholas County].
      • Wirt County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Lee [Wirt County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Lee ...

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

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 Lee - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (August 1903)
Published by Southern Pacific Railroad

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

More Orphans in  Orleans Parish ...

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 Orleans Parish.

AbattoirFort Pike
AmesvilleFrench Quarter
  
BroadmoorLafayette Square
BywatersLake Shore
  
Custom HouseMicheaud
Cut OffMorgan's Landing
  
Edge LakePoint aux Herbes
Elysian Fields StationPonchartrain Junction
  
Fort MacombRecovery

Footnotes ...

<1>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 Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock 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 Lee 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 parish. 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.
<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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